Meaning of pomonic | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to fruit, especially apples.

not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“Some gallery god once cast⟳ an apple at John Kemble while he was stalking through one of the stateliest scenes in Coriolanus. He came down to the foot-lights, holding the pomonic missile in his hand, appealed to the kind consideration of a British audience, and concluded , amidst great applause , by offering a reward⟳ of fifty pounds for the discovery of the tasteless malefactor.”

“Now an apple orchard is a cheerful place⟳; it is spangled with clover; its fruit is of all colors but indigo; it has robins and sparrows; its sturdy arms extend⟳ over you in a sort⟳ of pomonic benediction and invite⟳ you to perch in the Seek-no-further.”

“What floral and pomonic richness! Gardens of perpetual bloom and orchards in unending fruitage.”

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