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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pome•gran•ate /ˈpɑmˌgrænɪt, ˈpɑmɪ-, ˈpʌm-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya round fruit with a leathery red rind, containing a juicy, tart red pulp and white seeds.
- Plant Biologythe small tree that bears this fruit.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pome•gran•ate (pom′gran′it, pom′i-, pum′-),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
- Plant Biologythe shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, that bears it, native to southwestern Asia but widely cultivated in warm regions.
- Old French pome grenate, pome gernete), representing Medieval Latin pōmum grānātum literally, seedy apple. See pome, grenade
- Middle English poumgarnet, pomegarnade (1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pomegranate /ˈpɒmɪˌɡrænɪt; ˈpɒmˌɡrænɪt/ n - an Asian shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, cultivated in semitropical regions for its edible fruit: family Punicaceae
- the many-chambered globular fruit of this tree, which has tough reddish rind, juicy red pulp, and many seeds
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French pome grenate, from Latin pōmum apple + grenate, from Latin grānātum, from grānātus full of seeds |