pomegranate

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Pomegranate fruit - whole and piece with arils

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft) tall.

The pomegranate originated in the region extending from Iran to northern India, and has been cultivated since ancient times throughout the Mediterranean region. It was introduced into Spanish America in the late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769.

The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin pōmum "apple" and grānātum "seeded". Possibly stemming from the old French word for the fruit, pomme-grenade, the pomegranate was known in early English as "apple of Grenada"—a term which today survives only in heraldic blazons. This is a folk etymology, confusing the Latin granatus with the name of the Spanish city of Granada, which derives from Arabic.

Garnet derives from Old French grenat by metathesis, from Medieval Latin granatum as used in a different meaning "of a dark red color". This derivation may have originated from pomum granatum, describing the color of pomegranate pulp, or from granum, referring to "red dye, cochineal".

The French term for pomegranate, grenade, has given its name to the military grenade.

Translations

af: granaat; am: ሩማን; ang: africanisc æppel; an: punica granatum; ar: رمان; arz: الرمان; ast: punica granatum; az: adi nar; ban: delima; be_x_old: гранат; be: гранат звычайны; bg: нар; bh: अनार; bn: বেদানা; bs: šipak; ca: magraner; ceb: granada; ckb: ھەنار; co: mela granata; cs: marhaník granátový; cy: grawnafal; da: granatæble; de: Granatapfel; diq: henare; el: ροδιά; en: pomegranate; eo: granatarbo; es: punica granatum; et: harilik granaadipuu; eu: mingranondo; fa: انار; fiu_vro: granaatuibu; fi: granaattiomena; fr: grenadier commun; gl: milgrandeira; gom: दाळींब; hak: sa̍k-liù; he: רימון מצוי; hr: obični mogranj; hsb: wšědny granatowc; hu: gránátalma; hy: նուռ; id: delima; is: granatepli; it: punica granatum; ja: ザクロ; jv: delima; kab: asefri; ka: ბროწეული; kk: анар; kn: ದಾಳಿಂಬೆ; ko: 석류나무; ku: hinar; la: punica granatum; lfn: granada; lt: paprastasis granatmedis; lv: granātābols; mad: dhelima; mai: अनार; mk: калинка; ml: മാതളനാരകം; mn: анар; ms: delima; mzn: انار; nah: ezxocotl; nl: granaatappel; nn: granateple; no: granateple; pl: granat właściwy; pnb: انار; ps: انار; pt: romã; qu: apinkuya; ro: rodie; ru: гранат обыкновенный; sa: दाडिमफलम्; scn: punica granatum; sco: garnet; sc: melagranada; sd: ڏاڙهون; sh: šipak; simple: pomegranate; sq: shega; sr: нар; su: dalima; sv: granatäpple; sw: mkomamanga; ta: மாதுளை; te: దానిమ్మ; tg: анор; th: ทับทิม; tk: nar; tl: granada; to: pomikanite; tr: nar; uk: гранат звичайний; ur: انار; uz: anor; vec: punica granatum; vi: lựu; war: punica granatum; wa: gurnådî ordinaire; wo: garanaat; wuu: 石榴; yi: מילגרוים; zh_yue: 石榴; zh: 石榴