Meanings
plural pommecytheres
- Synonym of ambarella (fruit (Spondias dulcis))
Another was punished for stealing pommecytheres from the tree in the College and maintained that he got extra punishment because Fr. Graf dearly loved pommecytheres […]
1994, Anthony De Verteuil, The Germans in Trinidad, page 2141 more example
The next morning, I thought my dream had its genesis in the five bara, two soak pommecythere and several pieces of anchar with a small bowl of ice cream for dessert I had before hitting the bed.
1996, Kevin Baldeosingh, The Autobiography of Paras P., page 61Synonyms: ambarella
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of ambarella (fruit (Spondias dulcis))
Origin
- Frenchpomme cythère
- Englishpommecythere
Borrowed from French pomme cythère, from pomme (“apple”) and Cythère (“Kythira”).
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