(ˈ)pō|mandə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, modification of Middle French pome d'ambre, pomme d'embre, from Medieval Latin pomum de ambra, literally, apple or ball of amber
1.
a. : a mixture of perfumed or aromatic substances usually made in a ball and enclosed in a perforated bag or box and formerly carried on the person as a guard against infection
b. : a box or a hollow fruit-shaped ball containing such a mixture
2. : something resembling or suggesting a pomander (as in shape or scent) ; especially : a clove-studded orange or apple hung in a clothes closet