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.

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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