noun

pomegranate

pomegranate

I like to add pomegranate seeds to my salad.

I like to add pomegranate seeds to my salad.

Pomegranate juice is both tart and sweet.

Pomegranate juice is both tart and sweet.

((as a countable noun)) a type of fruit I like to eat a pomegranate.

Synonyms: (none common)

From Old French 'pome grenate', meaning 'apple with many seeds'. 'Pome' (apple) + 'grenate' (granular, seedy).

Picture an apple ('pome') filled with little red 'grenades' (seeds). The name literally means 'seeded apple'.

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