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- [pom-gran-it, pom-i-, puhm-]
- /ˈpɒmˌgræn ɪt, ˈpɒm ɪ-, ˈpʌm-/
- /ˈpɒm.ɪˌɡræn.ɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pom-gran-it, pom-i-, puhm-]
- /ˈpɒmˌgræn ɪt, ˈpɒm ɪ-, ˈpʌm-/
Definitions of pomegranate word
- noun pomegranate a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat. 1
- noun pomegranate the shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, that bears it, native to southwestern Asia but widely cultivated in warm regions. 1
- noun pomegranate fruit 1
- noun pomegranate tree 1
- noun pomegranate flavoured with pomegranate 1
- variable noun pomegranate A pomegranate is a round fruit with a thick reddish skin. It contains lots of small seeds with juicy flesh around them. 0
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Origin of pomegranate
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English poumgarnet, pomegarnade (< Old French pome grenate, pome gernete), representing Medieval Latin pōmum grānātum literally, seedy apple. See pome, grenade
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Parts of speech for Pomegranate
noun
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preposition
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determiner
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pomegranate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pomegranate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pomegranate
noun pomegranate
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- lilac — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- magenta — a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.
- mulberry — the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
Top questions with pomegranate
- how to cut a pomegranate?
- how to eat a pomegranate?
- how to eat pomegranate?
- how to open a pomegranate?
- how to peel a pomegranate?
- how to cut pomegranate?
- how do you eat a pomegranate?
- how to make pomegranate juice?
- how to open pomegranate?
- how to seed a pomegranate?
- pomegranate how to eat?
- how to peel pomegranate?
- how to eat pomegranate seeds?
- how to deseed a pomegranate?
- how to de-seed a pomegranate?
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