pomegranate
a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
the shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, that bears it, native to southwestern Asia but widely cultivated in warm regions.
Origin of pomegranate
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How to use pomegranate in a sentence
The crisp leaves form an artful little forest on their plate, which pops with garnishes of diced mango and pomegranate seeds and fulfills the mission of a proper chaat.
Rania delights with some of the most inspired Indian cooking in D.C. | Tom Sietsema | August 5, 2022 | Washington PostThen there’s the stuff of historical lore, like figs, pomegranates, and cinnamon.
Research on aphrodisiacs is kind of unsatisfying | Philip Kiefer | February 14, 2022 | Popular-ScienceCrimson pomegranate seeds, shaved Brussels sprouts and crumbled gorgonzola cheese are beautiful and delicious atop a veneer of creamed onions and a sourdough crust that’s soft enough to fold.
L’Ardente, an Italian stunner, combines fun and finesse | Tom Sietsema | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostFor an hour, we cross fields of barley and watermelons, and orchards of figs and pomegranates.
Without speaking a word of Ukrainian, I somehow landed myself a bag of pomegranates harvested from the garden of a fellow passenger.
Gin and white vermouth shaken with salted pomegranate syrup, dappled with rosewater.
Best Career Arc Ever: From Burlesque To Bartending | Anne Berry | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe real risk here—the proverbial and theological snake in the grass—is the pomegranate-flavored sports drink.
Persephone snacked on pomegranate seeds in Hades and now our gas bills rocket in January.
Historians hypothesize that the fruit in the Garden of Eden was a pomegranate, not an apple.
This still is from a video called “pomegranate”, in the new solo show by Ori Gersht at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Her eyes smile, her mouth is a pomegranate endowed with sensibility, with a sensibility which seems quite fresh.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de BalzacThe earth swallows up the sanguinary ruins of his manhood, and in their place comes up a pomegranate tree in full bearing.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanIn this legend, we see one son born without a human mother, and a second without any other father than Rimmon, or a pomegranate.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanA grand treat was a purple or crimson pomegranate given by a kindly neighbour.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonBalaustion—wild pomegranate flower—has in her something of the Greek; but she has also an ineffable touch of our modern time.
British Dictionary definitions for pomegranate
/ (ˈpɒmɪˌɡrænɪt, ˈpɒmˌɡrænɪt) /
an Asian shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, cultivated in semitropical regions for its edible fruit: family Punicaceae
the many-chambered globular fruit of this tree, which has tough reddish rind, juicy red pulp, and many seeds
Origin of pomegranate
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