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pomegranate (iou)



pomegranate noun & adjective. ME.
[Old French pome grenate, pome garnate, etc., pome (see POME noun1) apple, grenate (mod. grenade) pomegranate, from Proto-Romance var. of Latin (malum) granatum lit. 'apple having many seeds'.]
A. noun.
a. The large roundish fruit of the tree Punica granatum (family Punicaceae), with a golden or orange red-tinged leathery rind and numerous seeds, each surrounded by a somewhat acid reddish pulp. ME.
b. The tree which bears this fruit, native to SW Asia and widely naturalized in the Mediterranean area. Also pomegranate tree. LME.
c. The colour of the pomegranate, a yellowish red. L19.
A carved or embroidered representation of a pomegranate. LME.
[For Jimmy Grant, immigrant.] = POMMY noun1. Austral. obsolete exc. Hist. E20.
b. adjective. Of the colour of the pomegranate, yellowish red. M19.