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pomegranate
1. A deciduous shrub or small tree (Punica granatum) native to Asia and widely cultivated for its edible fruit.
2. A large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind.
3. Etymology: Middle English pome granate, from Old French pome grenate; pome, "apple" + grenate, "having many seeds".
2. A large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind.
3. Etymology: Middle English pome granate, from Old French pome grenate; pome, "apple" + grenate, "having many seeds".
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granulo-, granul-, granuli-, gran- +
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(Greek balaustion > Latin balaustium: supporting post of a railing on a balcony, staircase, etc. Borrowed from Italian balaustro, from balaustra; so called because of the resemblance of a baluster to the double-curving calyx tube of the "wild pomegranate flower".)