Meaning

noun shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit

noun large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind

originThe noun is derived from Middle English pome-garnet, pome-garnete, pome garnate, pome granat, pome-granate (“pomegranate fruit; pomegranate tree; pomegranate seeds (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pome gernate, pomme gernette, Middle French pomme granade, pomme granate, pomme grenade, and Old French pome grenade, pome grenate, pomme grenate [and other forms] (modern French grenade),…

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