POMEGRANATE


Meaning of POMEGRANATE in English

[ 'pɒmɪgranɪt ]

■ noun

1》 a spherical fruit with a tough golden-orange outer skin containing many individual segments of sweet red gelatinous flesh.

2》 the tree that bears ~s, native to North Africa and western Asia. [ Punica granatum .]

Origin

ME: from OFr. pome grenate , from pome 'apple' + grenate '~' (from L. (malum) granatum '(apple) having many seeds').

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