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Pome - the large food & drink encyclopedia |
 | | In botany, a pome (after the French name for an apple, pomme) is a type of fruit, produced by flowering plants in the subfamily Maloideae of the family Rosaceae. |
 | | A pome is an accessory fruit composed of five or more carpels in which the exocarp forms an inconspicuous layer, the mesocarp is usually fleshy, and the endocarp forms a leathery case around the seed. |
 | | Other examples of pomes are produced by cotoneaster, hawthorn, loquat, medlar, pear, quince, rowan and whitebeam. |
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