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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®
pomegranate
n 1: shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large
red many-seeded fruit [syn: {pomegranate tree}, {Punica
granatum}]
2: large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp
in a tough brownish-red rind