Definition of "pomology" []

• The scientific study and cultivation of fruit. (noun)

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• "A major Ward 6 concern, he said, is the likely sale by the UI Foundation of the 160-acre Pell Farm, also known as the pomology tract."
• "The Pell Farm, which is also called the pomology research center, is where researchers with the UI's College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences 'Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences have conducted fruit research."
• "The science of growing apples is called pomology, from the French word for apple, pomme."