noun (n)

• shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  pomegranate tree, punica granatum
  

  source: wordnet30
• large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind(noun.food)

  source: wordnet30
• The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp.(noun)

  source: webster1913