pomme blanche

[ French pawm blahnsh ]

noun,plural pommes blanches [French pawm blahnsh]. /French pɔm ˈblɑ̃ʃ/.

Origin of pomme blanche

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<French: literally, white apple

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How to use pomme blanche in a sentence

  • We plucked the pears of the pitahaya, and ate them greedily; we found service-berries, yampo, and roots of the “pomme blanche.”

    The Scalp Hunters | Mayne Reid
  • One of these was the species of turnip already mentioned as the pomme-blanche, or Indian turnip.

    The Desert Home | Mayne Reid
  • From the vegetable kingdom they obtain many roots; the pomme blanche, or white turnip, is very common in their prairies.

  • A wooden dish was set before each of us, containing boiled beaver's tail, with prairie turnips (pomme blanche).

  • They had likewise tasted the pomme blanche, and several other vegetables, but considered the maize as the best of all.