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- noun Plural form of
pomegranate .
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Examples
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It took us two days of hard labor to persuade the machine to squeeze oil from the tiny wheat-shaped stones that are pomegranate seeds, but once we did, we could stun farmers, whose bloodlines had run in pomegranates for centuries, with the sight of it.
Scents & Sensibility 2007
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It took us two days of hard labor to persuade the machine to squeeze oil from the tiny wheat-shaped stones that are pomegranate seeds, but once we did, we could stun farmers, whose bloodlines had run in pomegranates for centuries, with the sight of it.
Scents & Sensibility 2007
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By the straight and tender sapling of his shape, which for its fruit Doth the twin pomegranates, shining in his snowy bosom, wear,
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A pound of pomegranates is worth exactly the same price as a pound of parsley at Palacci's.
The Mayor Reports 1974
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He said: "That man who came in here to buy pomegranates is a thief, and took the money out of my purse."
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Mother still calls pomegranates “Chinese apples,” much to my embarrassment.
Chinese Apples 2008
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Mother still calls pomegranates “Chinese apples,” much to my embarrassment.
Chinese Apples 2008
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In the United States, California pomegranates are available from September to January.
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The tawurshear when used medicinally is pounded fine, and mixed up with gold and silver leaf, preserved quinces and apples, and the syrup of pomegranates, which is simmered over a slow fire until it becomes of the consistence of jam.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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Now I could swear on a thousand pomegranates that I had already replied to your comment but obviously my mind or possible the pomegranates were a bit moldy … sorry about leaving you like this.
Just Thinkin' 2008
Kristianto2010 commented on the word pomegranates
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be SCARCE and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. Deuteronomy 8:7~9.
March 9, 2011