Pomegranate
Pomegranate (?; 277) , noun
[Old English pomgarnet, Old French pome de grenate, French grenade, Latin pomum a fruit + granatus grained, having many grains or seeds. See Pome, and Garnet, Grain.]
1.
(Botany) 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