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pomegranate


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  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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