Real Dictionary

pomegranate
variable noun: A pomegranate is a round fruit with a thick reddish skin. It contains lots of small seeds with juicy flesh around them.

pomegranate in American English
a round fruit with a red, leathery rind and many seeds covered with red, juicy, edible flesh
designating a family (Punicaceae, order Myrtales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and small trees
noun: a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat

pomegranate in British English
noun: an Asian shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, cultivated in semitropical regions for its edible fruit: family Punicaceae