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1o_ Apple fruit . This word has a Latin name such as malum, ae, which was known as malus mattianus in homage to the botanist Caius Matius who cultivated it. As there was a namesake meaning "bad", in order not to stigmatize the fruit it was renamed "pomme", or took the eponymous mattianus which later became 'apple'. 2nd_ Urban block, usually square and surrounded by streets, about 100 side rods (86 , 60 meters ) or block. The name seems to come from the medieval Latin mansus ("land to cultivate and maintain" ), which were plots assigned for use by parishes, and later those leased by the feudal lord to his vassals.