Usually means: Hair styling product from animal fat.
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  1. pomatum: Merriam-Webster
  2. pomatum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pomatum: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pomatum: Vocabulary.com
  5. pomatum: Wordnik
  6. pomatum: Wiktionary
  7. pomatum: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. pomatum: Dictionary.com
  9. Pomatum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. pomatum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. pomatum: Rhymezone
  12. Pomatum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. pomatum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. pomatum: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pomatum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Pomatum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Pomatum: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pomatum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pomatum)

noun:  (uncommon, historical) Synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
noun:  (uncommon) Synonym of pomade, a kind of thick waxy hair product used as a styling gel.
noun:  (uncommon, obsolete) Synonym of cider, a soft or hard drink made from apples.
verb:  (transitive, uncommon) Synonym of pomade: to apply pomade.
verb:  (transitive, uncommon, obsolete or historical) Synonym of anoint: to apply ointment.

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