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pomegranates

  • plural
    of pomegranate.
    pomegranate
    noun
    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.

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Shafts of wheat, different varieties of grapes, and colorful baskets of figs, pomegranates and other fruit sit atop spires and other structures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

There were peaches, pomegranates, even a couple of bright-pink dragon fruits.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

Kabul also sent apples and pomegranates to Russia for the first time last month.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

There were times when the family did not have money to even buy pomegranates, their daughter's favourite fruit, he continued.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024

From the outside, it presented a stone facade carved in a pattern of lizards and pomegranates.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor