פִּיטְמָא II, (פָּטַם 1) [pestle, mortar] a protuberance on the blossom-end of fruits having the appearance of a pestle seated in a mortar (cmp. בּוּכְנָה); the upper portion of a fruit, v. פִּיטּוֹמֶת. Succ. III, 6 נטלה פִטְמָתוֹ if the pestlelike protuberance of an Ethrog is taken out; expl. Y. ib. III, 53ᵈ תמן אמרין שושנתו there (in Babylonia) they say, ‘its lily’; Bab. ib. 35ᵇ, v. בּוּכְנָה (v. Rashi a. l.). Y. Kil. I, 27ᵃ top פיטמה של אבטיח (v. מְעָה) the upper portion of a melon (containing the carpels). Ukts. II, 3 הפיטמא של רמון (ed. Dehr. הפטמה) the top-piece of a pomegranate.