English to English
noun
- shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
source: WordNet 3.0
- large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
