资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate.
      --Ex. xxviii. 33.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Punica granatum
     n : shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large
         red many-seeded fruit [syn: {pomegranate}, {pomegranate
         tree}]