pommecythere

English

Borrowed from French pomme cythère, from pomme (“apple”) and Cythère (“Kythira”).

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pommecythere (plural pommecytheres)

Synonym of ambarella (fruit (Spondias dulcis))
- 1994, Anthony De Verteuil, The Germans in Trinidad, page 214:
  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 […]
- 1996, Kevin Baldeosingh, The Autobiography of Paras P., page 61:
  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.