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pomegranate
/ˈpɑməˌɡɹænət/
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POM-uh-gran-uht: the first syllable is strongest.
In POM-uh-gran-uht, GRAN has a smaller beat than POM. The final ate has a light vowel and a t sound, rather than rhyming with the separate word “gate.”
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“She scattered pomegranate seeds over the salad.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does pomegranate mean?
noun
- The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.
- The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.
- A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Of a colour like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit; dark red or orange-red.
noun
- (derogatory, obsolete) A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɑməˌɡɹænət/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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He was born of a Virgin--Nana--who conceived by putting a ripe almond or pomegranate in her bosom.
A hedge-shrub of any kind whatever--hawthorn, pomegranate, Christ's thorn--provides her with a foundation, usually as high as a man's head.
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By pagans, Jews, and Christians, the pomegranate has long been regarded as a sacred emblem.
As I turn partially round to look, an old pomegranate vender stops his donkey, and with a broad grin of amusement motions me to give chase.
The satin bag of the Epeïra fasciata, in which her eggs are enclosed, "breaks at the caress of the sun, like the skin of an over-ripe pomegranate."