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pomme blanche
[ French pawm blahnsh ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pomme blanche1
< French: literally, white apple
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Example Sentences
We plucked the pears of the pitahaya, and ate them greedily; we found service-berries, yampo, and roots of the “pomme blanche.”
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One of these was the species of turnip already mentioned as the pomme-blanche, or Indian turnip.
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From the vegetable kingdom they obtain many roots; the pomme blanche, or white turnip, is very common in their prairies.
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A wooden dish was set before each of us, containing boiled beaver's tail, with prairie turnips (pomme blanche).
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They had likewise tasted the pomme blanche, and several other vegetables, but considered the maize as the best of all.
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