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POMEGRANATE TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pomegranate tree mean?
• POMEGRANATE TREE (noun)
The noun POMEGRANATE TREE has 1 sense:
1. shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
Familiarity information: POMEGRANATE TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
pomegranate; pomegranate tree; Punica granatum
Hypernyms ("pomegranate tree" is a kind of...):
fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)
Meronyms (parts of "pomegranate tree"):
pomegranate (large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind)
Holonyms ("pomegranate tree" is a member of...):
genus Punica; Punica (coextensive with the family Punicaceae)
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