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pomegranate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pomegranate \Pome"gran`ate\ (?; 277), n. [OE. pomgarnet OF pome de grenate, F. grenade, L. pomum a fruit + granatus grained, having many grains or seeds. See {Pome}, and {Garnet}, {Grain}.] 1. (Bot.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pomegranate n 1: shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit [syn: {pomegranate tree}, {Punica granatum}] 2: large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Pomegranate i.e., "grained apple" (pomum granatum), Heb. rimmon. Common in Egypt (Num. 20:5) and Palestine (13:23; Deut. 8:8). The Romans called it Punicum malum, i.e., Carthaginian apple, because they received it from Carthage. It belongs to the myrtle family of trees. The withering of the pomegranate tree is mentioned among the judgments of God (Joel 1:12). It is frequently mentioned in the Song of Solomon (Cant. 4:3, 13, etc.). The skirt of the high priest's blue robe and ephod was adorned with the representation of pomegranates, alternating with golden bells (Ex. 28:33,34), as also were the "chapiters upon the two pillars" (1 Kings 7:20) which "stood before the house."
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