From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpomanderpo‧man‧der /pəˈmændə, pəʊ- $ ˈpoʊmændər/ noun [countable] DHa box or ball that contains dried flowers and herbs and is used to make clothes or a room smell pleasant → potpourri
Examples from the Corpus
pomander• His head reminded Mrs Price of her old pomander stuck with cloves, forgotten in some pungent tallboy.Origin pomander (1400-1500) Old French pome d'ambre “apple of amber” 