Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
pomologist

pomologist

9.9
A person who studies and grows fruit trees
  • noun
  • /pəˈmɒlədʒɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pomólogo
  • As a trained pomologist, she knows the best ways to cultivate apples and pears.

Examples

  • The university offers a program where aspiring pomologists can learn about different types of fruit trees.

  • By the time they purchased the property, both Louis and Prosper Berckmans had made reputations in America as horticulturists and pomologists.

    Academic text (2015)

  • He works as a pomologist, helping farmers improve their fruit yields through better cultivation techniques.

Surface Forms

pomologist singular
pomologists plural

Morphology

pomologist = pomology (semi-transparent) = pomo + logy + ist

The word is regularly formed from the technical base 'pomology' plus '-ist', but the base itself is specialized vocabulary rather than everyday English.

Etymology

The word pomologist comes from the Latin pomum, meaning 'fruit' or 'apple', and the ending -logist, meaning 'one who studies'. So, like a biologist studies living things, a pomologist studies fruit trees and how to grow and care for them.