pomegranate-tree
= prec. 1 b.
| 1382 Wyclif 1 Sam. xiv. 2 Saul dwellide..vndur a poomgarnet tree. 1483 Cath. Angl. 286/1 A Pomgarnett tree, malogrenatus. 1577 Frampton Joyfull Newes i. (1596) 7 The Balsamo..is made of a tree greater then a Powngarnet Tree. 1680 Otway Caius Marius iv. i, Nightly on yon Pomegranate tree she sings. 1811 A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1818) 325 The pomegranate tree is a native of the south of Europe, Asia, and Barbary. |