1. Large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind
   "She carefully extracted the seeds from the pomegranate to add to her salad"
    
2. Shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
   "The ancient pomegranate tree still produced abundant fruit";
   - pomegranate tree, Punica granatum

Derived forms: pomegranates

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree

Part of: genus Punica, Punica

Encyclopedia: Pomegranate