Why this word is great
POMONA — [Name] The Roman goddess of fruit trees and orchards, or a place or institution named after her. Borrowed from Latin Pōmōna, derived from pomum ("fruit, especially orchard fruit"), of uncertain origin, possibly from *po-emo- ('taken off'). Unlike "Ceres" (who governs the vast fields of grain) or "Flora" (who revels in blossoms and spring’s fleeting beauty), Pomona governs the quiet, patient labor of orchards—the slow ripening, the careful pruning, the weight of a bough bending under its own generosity. She is the scent of sun-warmed apples in late September, the rough bark of a pear tree against your palm, the way a single well-tended tree can outlast empires. Fruit, after all, is time made edible.