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pomegranate

pome.gran.ate \'pa:m-(*-).gran-*t, 'p*m-.gran-\ n [ME poumgarnet, fr. MF 
   pomme grenate, lit., seedy apple] 1: a thick-skinned several-celled reddish 
   berry about the size of an orange  having many seeds in a crimson pulp of 
   agreeable acid flavor 2: a widely cultivated tropical Old World tree 
   (Punica granatum of th e family Punicaceae) bearing pomegranates