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pomegranate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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pom·e·gran·ate /ˈpɒməɡrænət $ ˈpɑːmə-/ noun [countable]  pomegranate.jpg DFFa round fruit that has a lot of small juicy red seeds that you can eat and a thick reddish skin 石榴
Examples from the Corpus
pomegranateVines and almonds, lemons and oranges, pomegranates and sugar.One day I bought six pomegranates on the way home - imagine it, six!Faster now, the tiles sharp-edged under her heels, Chesarynth turned outwards between the pomegranate trees, the larkspur.Myth also links the pomegranate to Dionysos.The balcony is frail and higher than you thought but looks down on the unchanged saffron flowers of the pomegranate tree.
Origin pomegranate (1300-1400) Old French pome grenate seedy apple
pom·e·gran·ate nounChineseSyllable
a fruit that Corpus of a lot has round


pomegranate
pomegranate /ˈpɒməɡrænət, ˈpɒmɪɡrænət $ ˈpɑːmə-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: pome grenate 'seedy apple'

a round fruit that has a lot of small juicy red seeds that you can eat and a thick reddish skin


pom·egran·ateBrE /ˈpɒmɪɡrænɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɑːmɪɡrænɪt/ 🔊 noun
a round fruit with thick smooth skin and red flesh full of large seeds 石榴