pomology

English

Etymology

From Latin pōmum (“fruit”) and -ology.

Noun

pomology (usually uncountable, plural pomologies)

1. (botany) The study of pome fruit and of the cultivation of such fruit.
2. (botany) The study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit.
3. A work or treatise written on this subject.

Coordinate terms

• fruticulture

Related terms

• pomological
• pomologist

Translations

study of fruit in general and of the cultivation of fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果樹學 / 果树学 (zh) (guǒshùxué)

• Czech: pomologie (cs) f
• Finnish: pomologia
• French: pomologie (fr)
• Galician: pomoloxía (gl) f
• Georgian: ჯიშთმცოდნეობა (ǯištmcodneoba), პომოლოგია (ṗomologia)
• German: Pomologie (de) f
• Italian: pomologia
• Japanese: 果実学 (kajitsugaku), 果樹園芸学 (kajuengeigaku)
• Korean: 과실학(果實學) (gwasilhak), 과수 원예학(果樹園藝學) (gwasu wonyehak)
• Portuguese: pomologia
• Spanish: pomologia
• Turkish: pomoloji

Further reading

• pomology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia