Word
pomegranate
Phoneticspome·gran·ate
US/ˌpɑməˈɡɹænət/
UK/pˈɒmɪɡɹˌæneɪt/
Definition
n. a large, round fruit with a thick red skin and many small, juicy seeds inside. It is often used in cooking or as a decoration.
n. a large, round fruit of the genus Punica, characterized by a thick, leathery rind and numerous small, edible seeds. Often used in culinary contexts or as a symbol in various cultures.
Examples
“I bought a fresh pomegranate at the market.”
“The chef added pomegranate seeds to the salad to provide a burst of color and sweetness.”
“While the outer shell of the pomegranate is tough, the seeds inside are delicate and require careful extraction to avoid bruising them during preparation.”
Examples
simple
“I bought a fresh pomegranate at the market.”
contextual
“The chef added pomegranate seeds to the salad to provide a burst of color and sweetness.”
complex
“While the outer shell of the pomegranate is tough, the seeds inside are delicate and require careful extraction to avoid bruising them during preparation.”
Real-World Examples
“A compound the body can make after eating pomegranates, walnuts, and some berries improved measures of heart function by up to 80% in animal models of a difficult-to-treat form of heart failure.” “The pine nuts and pomegranate seeds are not traditional, but they add a lovely, textural contrast to the nutty-sweet flavour of the aubergine.” “There are various theories: the late journalist Alan Whicker said “Pom” was short for pomegranate, the bright red colour a new arrival turns in the sun down under.” Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English pome-garnet, pome-garnete, pome garnate, pome granat, pome-granate (“pomegranate fruit; pomegranate tree; pomegranate seeds (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pome gernate, pomme gernette, Middle French pomme granade, pomme granate, pomme grenade, and Old French pome grenade, pome grenate, pomme grenate [and other forms] (modern French grenade), probably from Italian pomogranato, pomo granato (though apparently first attested later), and then either: * from Italian pomo (“fruit, pome; apple”) + Latin (mālum) grānātum, (mālo)grānātum (“pomegranate”); or directly from Medieval Latin pōmum garnātum, pōmum grānātum (“pomegranate”), from Latin pōmum (“fruit; fruit tree”) + grānātum (“pomegranate”). Pōmum is possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”) (in the sense of being picked off a plant), from h₂epó (“away; off”) + h₁em- (“to distribute; to take”); while grānātum is derived from grānātus (“having many grains or seeds”), from grānum (“grain, seed, small kernel”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- (“to mature, grow old”) + -nós (suffix forming verbal adjectives)) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the possession of a quality or thing from nouns). The adjective is derived from the noun.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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