pomegranate treen.
/ˈpɒmᵻɡranᵻt ˌtriː/, U.S. /ˈpɑm(ə)ˌɡrænət ˌtri/ = pomegranate n. 1b.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xiv. 2 Saul dwellede..vndyr a powmgarnet[v.r. poomgarnet; a1425 L.V. pumgarnarde] tree [L. sub malogranato].
1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 286 A Pomgarnett tree, malogranatus.
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes i. f. 7v The Balsamo..is made of a tree greater then a Powndgarned Tree.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick iii. xiv. 93 Apply the Pomegranate-tree roots with this kind of soilage or dunging.
1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius iv. 38 Nightly on yon Pomegranate-tree she sings.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pomegranate-tree This Mould..and its Salts..will..penetrate the Roots of the Pomegranate-Trees.
1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory ii. 317 The pomegranate tree is a native of the south of Europe, Asia, and Barbary.
1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Industr. Arts India II. 168 The tree of life represented on modern Yarkand rugs is always a pomegranate tree.
1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. vi. xx. 226 Alkaloids of the root bark of the Pomegranate Tree (Punica granatum).
1997 Ann. Appl. Biol. 130 135 The pomegranate tree shows different phenological characteristics through its vegetative cycle in response to changing temperature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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