pomegranate

[ pom-gran-it, pom-i-, puhm- ]

noun

1. a 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.
2. the shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, that bears it, native to southwestern Asia but widely cultivated in warm regions.

pomegranate

/ ˈpɒmˌɡrænɪt; ˈpɒmɪˌɡrænɪt /

noun

1. an Asian shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, cultivated in semitropical regions for its edible fruit: family Punicaceae
2. the many-chambered globular fruit of this tree, which has tough reddish rind, juicy red pulp, and many seeds

Word History and Origins

Origin of pomegranate¹

1275–1325; Middle English poumgarnet, pomegarnade (< Old French pome grenate, pome gernete ), representing Medieval Latin pōmum grānātum literally, seedy apple. See pome, grenade

Word History and Origins

Origin of pomegranate¹

C14: from Old French pome grenate, from Latin pōmum apple + grenate, from Latin grānātum, from grānātus full of seeds

Example Sentences

The crisp leaves form an artful little forest on their plate, which pops with garnishes of diced mango and pomegranate seeds and fulfills the mission of a proper chaat.

From Washington Post

Then there’s the stuff of historical lore, like figs, pomegranates, and cinnamon.

From Popular-Science

Crimson pomegranate seeds, shaved Brussels sprouts and crumbled gorgonzola cheese are beautiful and delicious atop a veneer of creamed onions and a sourdough crust that’s soft enough to fold.

From Washington Post

For an hour, we cross fields of barley and watermelons, and orchards of figs and pomegranates.

From Outside Online

Without speaking a word of Ukrainian, I somehow landed myself a bag of pomegranates harvested from the garden of a fellow passenger.

From Ozy

Gin and white vermouth shaken with salted pomegranate syrup, dappled with rosewater.

From The Daily Beast

The real risk here—the proverbial and theological snake in the grass—is the pomegranate-flavored sports drink.

From The Daily Beast

Persephone snacked on pomegranate seeds in Hades and now our gas bills rocket in January.

From The Daily Beast

Historians hypothesize that the fruit in the Garden of Eden was a pomegranate, not an apple.

From The Daily Beast

This still is from a video called “Pomegranate”, in the new solo show by Ori Gersht at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

From The Daily Beast

Her eyes smile, her mouth is a pomegranate endowed with sensibility, with a sensibility which seems quite fresh.

From Project Gutenberg

The earth swallows up the sanguinary ruins of his manhood, and in their place comes up a pomegranate tree in full bearing.

From Project Gutenberg

In this legend, we see one son born without a human mother, and a second without any other father than Rimmon, or a pomegranate.

From Project Gutenberg

A grand treat was a purple or crimson pomegranate given by a kindly neighbour.

From Project Gutenberg

Balaustion—wild pomegranate flower—has in her something of the Greek; but she has also an ineffable touch of our modern time.

From Project Gutenberg

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