pomegranate

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒmɪgranɪt/

noun

  • 1a spherical fruit with a tough golden-orange outer skin and sweet red gelatinous flesh containing many seeds.
  • 2the tree that bears the pomegranate, native to North Africa and western Asia.
    • Punica granatum, family Punicaceae

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French pome grenate, from pome 'apple' + grenate 'pomegranate' (from Latin (malum) granatum '(apple) having many seeds', from granum 'seed')