pomegranate

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a round fruit with a tough reddish rind and many seeds surrounded by sweet-tart red pulp

   She split the pomegranate and scattered its seeds over the salad.

2. 2
   noun

   the shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, that bears this fruit

   A pomegranate grew against the sun-warmed garden wall.

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Simplified etymology

Pomegranate entered Middle English from Old French pome grenate, literally “pomegranate apple.” Pome meant “apple,” while grenate was based on Latin granatum, meaning “having many seeds.”

From Middle English pome granate, through Old French from Medieval Latin pomum granatum, literally 'seeded apple': Latin pomum, 'fruit or apple,' + granatum, 'having many grains,' from granum, 'grain or seed.'

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