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noun • a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part | ||||
| 53% | 10 | Can infest pears, plums, and quinces as well | ||
noun • a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts | ||||
| 50% | 5 | Fruit that is closely related to apples and quinces | ||
noun • sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties • Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties | ||||
Apples Pears And Quinces Botanically
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POMES which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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09 Oct 1991 | New York Times / 09 Oct 1991 |
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3 | Can infest pears, plums, and quinces as well | |
4 | Espalier trained to grow flat against brickwork; or, the apples, figs, pears, plums, quinces or other edible crop grown on said fan-shaped tree
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15 Feb 2025 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 15 Feb 2025 |
5 | From the Greek for “congealed”, a substance present in citruses, crab-apples, currants, gooseberries, quinces, plums, unripe blackberries and other fruits, traditionally used for setting jams and jellies
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27 May 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 27 May 2023 |
6 | Fruit that is closely related to apples and quinces | |
7 | Pears and quinces, e.g.
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27 Aug 1988 | New York Times / 27 Aug 1988 |
