pomegranate
The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard,…The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.
» I like pomegranates.
Я люблю гранати.
Meaning
4 sensesThe fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.
Granatapfel, Grenadine
грана́тgranát
грана́тhranát
large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.
Granatapfel, Grenadine
грана́тgranát, грана́товое де́ревоgranátovoje dérevo
грана́тhranát, грана́тове де́ревоhranátove dérevo
shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit.
(Australia, colloquial, derogatory, obsolete)A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy.
Examples
56 sentencesI like pomegranates.
Я люблю гранати. — deniko
My neighbors have a pomegranate tree.
Tom told me where I could buy pomegranates.
When was the last time you ate a pomegranate?
The pomegranate is one of the oldest known fruits.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English pome-garnet, pome-garnete, pome garnate, pome granThe 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), probably from Italian pomogranato, pomo granato (though apparently first attested later), and then either:
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Forms
plural: pomegranates| Singular | pomegranate |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit:pomegranate treePunica granatum