pomegranate
/ˈpɒmɪˌgrænɪt/noun
1
- an orange-sized fruit with a tough golden-orange outer skin and sweet red gelatinous flesh containing many seeds石榴。
2
- the tree that bears this fruit, which is native to North Africa and western Asia and has long been cultivated石榴树。
2.1
- Punica granatum, family Punicaceae.拉丁名Punica granatum,石榴科。
词源
Middle English: from Old French pome grenate, from pome 'apple' + grenate 'pomegranate' （from Latin （malum） granatum '(apple) having many seeds', from granum 'seed'）.