POMEGRANATE

noun Etymology: Middle English poumgrenet, from Anglo-French pome garnette, literally, seedy fruit Date: 14th century a several-celled reddish berry that is about the size of an orange with a thick leathery skin and many seeds with pulpy crimson arils of tart flavor, a widely cultivated tropical Asian tree ( Punica granatum of the family Punicaceae) bearing ~s