[ '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').