pomegranate (redirected from Chinese Apple)

pome·gran·ate  (pmgrnt, pm-, pm-, pm-)

n.

1. A deciduous shrub or small tree (Punica granatum) native to Asia and widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

2. The fruit of this tree, having a tough reddish rind, and containing many seeds, each enclosed in a juicy, mildly acidic, red pulp.

---

[Middle English pome granate, from Old French pome grenate : pome, apple; see pome + grenate, having many seeds (from Latin grntus, from grnum, grain, seed; see g-no- in Indo-European roots).]

---

pomegranate [ˈpɒmɪˌgrænɪt ˈpɒmˌgrænɪt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an Asian shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, cultivated in semitropical regions for its edible fruit: family Punicaceae

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the many-chambered globular fruit of this tree, which has tough reddish rind, juicy red pulp, and many seeds

[from Old French pome grenate, from Latin pōmum apple + grenate, from Latin grānātum, from grānātus full of seeds]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pomegranate - shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit pomegranate tree, Punica granatum pomegranate - large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind genus Punica, Punica - coextensive with the family Punicaceae fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	2.	pomegranate - large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh pomegranate, pomegranate tree, Punica granatum - shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit

Translations

pomegranate [ˈpɒməgrænɪt] N (= fruit) → granada f; (= tree) → granado m

---

pomegranate [ˈpɒmɪgrænət] n → grenade fruit)f >

---

pomegranate

n → Granatapfel m; (= tree) → Granatapfelbaum m, → Granatbaum m

---

pomegranate [ˈpɒmɪˌgrænɪt] n (tree) → melograno; (fruit) → melagrana

---

pomegranate

n pomegranate [ˈpomigrӕnət]

a type of fruit with a thick skin and many seeds. granaat شَجَرَة الرُمّان нар granátové jablko granatæble der Granatapfel ρόδι granada granaatõun انار granaattiomena grenade רִימוֹן अनार šipak gránátalma delima granatepli melagrana ざくろ 석류 열매 granatas granātābols buah delima granaatappel granateple granat romA rodie гранат granátové jablko granatno jabolko nar granatäpple ผลทับทิม nar 石榴 гранат انار quả lựu 石榴

---

pomegranate → رُمَّان granátové jablko granatæble Granatapfel ρόδι granada granaattiomena grenade nar melagrana ザクロ 석류 granaatappel granateple granat romã гранат granatäpple ผลทับทิม nar lựu 石榴