Meaning & use
Pomologist
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A person who studies or specializes in the science of growing and cultivating fruit.
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The pomologist spent decades breeding new varieties of disease-resistant apples.
Local pomologists gathered to discuss the region's declining pear harvests.
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From Latin 'pomum', meaning 'fruit', combined with '-ologist', the suffix for someone who studies a field.
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fruit scientist
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