1. The pulpy material remaining after the juice has been pressed from fruit, such as apples.
2. Pulpy material remaining after the extraction of oil from nuts, seeds, or fish.

[Middle English pomis, from Medieval Latin pōmācium, cider, from Vulgar Latin *pōma, apple, fruit. See pome.]

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