What is "pomaceous"

Pomaceous \Po*ma"ceous\, a. [LL. ponum an apple.]

1. (Bot.)

   1. Like an apple or pear; producing pomes.

   2. Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pome[ae]) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc.

2. Like pomace.

1706, from Vulgar Latin *poma "apple," originally Latin pomus "fruit," later "apple" (see Pomona) + -aceous.

a. 1 (context botany English) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a pome. 2 (context botany English) That bears apples or pomes.