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pomegranate

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pomegranate

Round, leathery, reddish-yellow fruit of the pomegranate tree, a deciduous shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia but cultivated widely in tropical and subtropical areas. The fruit contains a large number of seeds that can be eaten fresh or made into wine. (GenusPunica granatum, family Punicaceae.)



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THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Nevertheless, since there was no better to be had, he brought this dry, old withered pomegranate home to the palace.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
At its heels was a wolf, who had almost seized it, when the cat changed itself into a worm, and, piercing the skin of a pomegranate which had tumbled from a tree, hid itself in the fruit.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
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