pomegranate UK /ˈpɒmɪ(ˌ)ɡɹænɪt/US /ˈpɑmɪˌɡɹænɪt/noun 4adjective 1forms 3 noun4 •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.Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, / With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, / The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, / And verdant olives flourish round the year. — 1725 •The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.On her fair cheek’s unfading hue, / The young pomegranate’s blossoms strew / Their bloom in blushes ever new— […] — 1813 •A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit.Sally at last appeared, all in a flutter of ribbons and scarfs, whose bright, high colors assorted well with the ultramarine blue of her dress, and the vivid pomegranate hue of her cheeks. — 1861 •(offensive, no longer used) A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy. adjective1 •Of a colour like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit; dark red or orange-red.Many people would think Miss Wilcox, standing there in her blue merino dress and pomegranate ribbon, a very agreeable woman. — 1855 formspomegranates · more pomegranate · most pomegranate
