pomonic

English

Adjective

pomonic (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Relating to fruit, especially apples.
   • 1871, Olive Logan, The Mimic World, and Public Exhibitions, page 487:

     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.

   • 1878, Benjamin Franklin Taylor, Between the Gates, page 263:

     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.

   • 1889, Thomas De Witt Talmage, The Pathway of Life, page 332:

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