Whats another name for a pomegranite?

its my home ec homework. i cant find it anywhere online. do you know another name for pomegranate?





and do u also know 2 "cool" facts about the pomegranate?

Whats another name for a pomegranite?
Chinese Apple








The source also has some "cool" info so you might want to check it out, good luck!
Reply:Punica granatum


1. Pomegranate juice Provides16% of an adult's daily vitamin C requirement per 100 ml serving


2. Exodus 28:33–34 directed that images of pomegranates be woven onto the borders of Hebrew priestly robes
Reply:"Granada"and "Indian apple" are two other names for the fruit. I believe the following excerpt may give you some facts for your paper. "pomegranate (pŏm`grănĭt, pŏm`ə–), handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree (Punica granatum) belonging to the family Punicaceae, native to semitropical Asia and naturalized in the Mediterranean region in very early times. It has long been cultivated as an ornamental and for its edible fruit. The fruit, about the size of an apple, bears many seeds, each within a fleshy crimson seed coating, enclosed in a tough yellowish to deep red rind. Pomegranates are either eaten fresh or used for grenadine syrup, in which the juice of the acid fruit pulp is the chief ingredient. Grenadine syrup, sometimes made from red currants, is a flavoring for wines, cocktails, carbonated beverages, preserves, and confectionery. The astringent properties of the rind and bark have been valued medicinally for several thousand years, especially as a vermifuge. The pomegranate is now cultivated in most warm climates, to a greater extent in the Old World than in America; in North America it is grown commercially chiefly from California and Arizona south into the tropics. The fruit has long been a religious and artistic symbol. It is described in the most ancient of Asian literature. In the Old Testament, Solomon sang of an "orchard of pomegranates." Because of its role in the Greek legend of Persephone Persephone (pərsĕf`ənē) or Proserpine


, the pomegranate came to symbolize fertility, death, and eternity and was an emblem of the Eleusinian Mysteries. In Christian art, it is a symbol of hope. Pomegranates are classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)


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The pomegranate originated from Persia and has been cultivated in Georgia, Armenia and the Mediterranean region for several millennia.





Grenadine, a kind of fruit syrup, was originally made from pomegranates, and is widely used as a cordial and in cocktails.
Reply:Well, the scientific name for a pomegranate is Punica granatum, but that might not be what your teacher is looking for. There are lots of cool facts -- for example, a pomegranate is one of the 7 species mentioned in the Torah (Old Testament?).
Reply:Please don't buy these other answers. I've enjoyed pomegranites for over 50 years. Never knew they were called pomegranites till my twenties. As kids, and also my friends and parents, we all called them Chinese Apples. Do a google on it. That's the answer you are looking for. Good Luck! Check the wikipedia site for pomegranite, it mentions it there.
Reply:In greek it called a rodi, "row-the" .





The juice is blood red and will stain pourous surfaces.





In greek and other middle eastern colturestThe seeds are used to make a dish that is associated with the memorial of loved ones.



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