n 1  :  a tart thick-skinned several-celled reddish berry that is about the size of an orange  2  :  a widely cultivated tropical Old World tree (Punica granatum of the family Punicaceae) bearing pomegranates and having bark and roots which were formerly used in dried form as a taeniacide .
 
   
 
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