Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A monotypic genus of plants of the polypetalous order Lythrarieæ, formerly classed in the Myrtaceæ, or myrtle family, and by many constituted into a separate order, Granateæ (Don, 1826).
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- noun coextensive with the family Punicaceae
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But so beautiful…the borage, punica granatum…ALL of them.
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Luigi Torri, Osservazioni intorno alla cera punica (Verona, 1785).
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Punic? punica fides: the very quint-essential quiddity of bad faith: double-visaged: double-tongued.
Maid Marian Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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Is not pun from Punic? punica fides: the very quint-essential quiddity of bad faith: double-visaged: double-tongued.
Maid Marian 1822
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Did you find an answer for your question? how to plant punica granatum compactum
Recent Activity 2010
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Previous research has shown that pomegranate juice - punica granatum L - is high in antioxidant activity, which is generally attributed to the fruit's high polyphenol content.
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et dum nascuntur consenuisse rosas: ecce et defluxit rutili coma punica floris, 35
'Gather ye Rosebuds' pseudo-Ausonius 1912
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In £mbHa ejus circumquaqu& facies mala punica ceerulea, purpurea. y 'coccinea, et iriter ea tintinnabula aurea 34. "alterB. atim inter. ponito.
Pentateuchus ex recensione textus hebraei et versionum antiquarum latine versus notisque philologicis [microform] Dathe, Johann August, 1731-1791, ed 1791
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