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pomegranate
(mass) | pomegranate
- granátové jablko |
pomegranate
(encz) | pomegranate,granátové jablko n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Pomegranate
(gcide) | Pomegranate \Pome"gran`ate\ (?; 277), n. [OE. pomgarnet, OF.
pome de grenate, F. grenade, L. pomum a fruit + granatus
grained, having many grains or seeds. See Pome, and
Garnet, Grain.]
1. (Bot.) The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the
tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the
Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm
countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The
fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind
containing many rather large seeds, each one separately
covered with crimson, acid pulp.
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2. A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate.
--Ex. xxviii. 33.
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pomegranate
(wn) | pomegranate
n 1: shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having
large red many-seeded fruit [syn: pomegranate,
pomegranate tree, Punica granatum]
2: large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in
a tough brownish-red rind |
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