pom·e·gran·ate (p?m??-gr?n??t, p?m?gr?n??t, p?m??-, p?m?-)n.1. A deciduous shrub or small tree (Punica granatum) native to Asia and widely cultivated for its edible fruit.2. The fruit of this tree, having a tough reddish rind and containing numerous seeds surrounded by tart juicy red pulp.[Middle English pome granate, from Old French pome grenate : pome, apple; see pome + grenate, having many seeds (from Latin gr?n?tus, from gr?num, grain, seed; see gr??-no- in Indo-European roots).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.pomegranate (?p?m???ræn?t; ?p?m??ræn?t) n1. (Plants) an Asian shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, cultivated in semitropical regions for its edible fruit: family Punicaceae2. (Plants) the many-chambered globular fruit of this tree, which has tough reddish rind, juicy red pulp, and many seeds[C14: from Old French pome grenate, from Latin p?mum apple + grenate, from Latin gr?n?tum, from gr?n?tus full of seeds]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014pome?gran?ate (?p?m?græn ?t, ?p?m ?-, ?p?m-) n. 1. a round fruit with a leathery red rind, containing membranous chambers filled with a juicy, tart red pulp and white seeds. 2. the small tree, Punica granatum, of the family Punicaceae, that bears this fruit. [1275?1325; Middle English poumgarnet, pomegarnade (