Pomegranate

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Juicy pomegranate fruit with leaves on a red background

Punica granatum

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Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Food, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Tea, Tincture, Unani Medicine
Pomegranate (Wiktionary)

English

Etymology

From Middle English pome garnate, pome granate, borrowed from Old French pomme grenate, from Medieval Latin pōmum (“fruit”) + grānātum (“having many seeds”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒm.ɪˌɡɹæn.ɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑm.ɪˌɡɹæn.ɪt/

Noun

pomegranate (plural pomegranates)

  1. A fruit-bearing shrub or small tree, Punica granatum.
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