Vocabulary : Pomological to Pompeian red

Pomological : Of or pertaining to pomology.
Pomologist : One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.
Pomology : The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.
Pomona : The goddess of fruits and fruit trees.
Pomp : A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant. ;; Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. ;; To make a pompons display; to conduct.

Pompadour : A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
Pompano : Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa. ;; A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish.
Pompatic : Pompous.
Pompeian : Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a. d., and partly uncovered by modern excavations.
Pompeian red : A brownish red approaching maroon, supposed to be imitated from the color of the wall panels of houses in Pompeii, which were decorated during the last age of the Republic.

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