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Webster 1913 Edition

Pomegranate

Pome′granˊate

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pomegranate

POMEGRAN'ATE

,
Noun.
[L. pomum, an apple, and granatum, grained. See Grain and Granate.]
1.
The fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Punica. This fruit is as large as an orange, having a hard rind filled with a soft pulp and numerous seeds. It is of a reddish color.
2.
The tree that produces pomegranates.
3.
An ornament resembling a pomegranate, on the robe and ephod of the Jewish high priest.

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