pomaceous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a pome.
Example Sentences
- "The disease occurs throughout the United States and Canada in practically every section where pomaceus fruits are grown."
- "The brown rots of pomaceous and drupaceous fruits are due to fungi, at least one of which was first described by Persoon in 1796 as Torula fructigena."
- "Pomaceous and stone fruits can be degraded by a number of pathogenic species including Monilia laxa, M. fructigena and Rhizopus stolonifer."
- "Cedar rust is characteristic of the “double host” rusts and needs two hosts, namely apple or other pomaceous plants and red cedar before it can complete its life cycle."
- "This bacterium^([Erwinia amylovora]) commonly affects most pomaceous trees and shrubs."
- "Infected foliage on the pomaceous, alternate hosts apppears during the summer or fall and is characterized by spots or large areas of yellow-orange discoloration and varying degrees of deformation."
Etymology
From pome + -aceous.