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pomace

The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.

Origin: [[File:Handful of Barossa Valley red grape marc.jpg|thumb|alt=Red grape flesh and seeds|Red grape pomace ().]] From Late , pomys, probably from , pōmātium, possibly a variant of pomaceum (although first attested later), from (ultimately from + *h₁em-, in the sense of something taken off a tree) + -āceum ( form of -āceus). . (“crushed apples”) and (“residue from grapes”) were possibly influenced by and , pomas, pomat (Northern France). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(by extension, obsolete) Sheep offal.

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