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pomegranate

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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
Noun
a round tropical fruit with a tough reddish rind containing many seeds in a juicy red pulp [Latin pomum apple + granatus full of seeds]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pomegranatepomegranate - shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
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 [ˈpɔmɪgrænɪt] ngranada

pomegranate [ˈpɔmɪgrænɪt] ngrenade f

pomegranate [ˈpɔmɪgrænɪt] nGranatapfel m

pomegranate [ˈpɔmɪgrænɪt] nmelagrana

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


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THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful.
Nevertheless, since there was no better to be had, he brought this dry, old withered pomegranate home to the palace.
At its heels was a wolf, who had almost seized it, when the cat changed itself into a worm, and, piercing the skin of a pomegranate which had tumbled from a tree, hid itself in the fruit.
 
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