Pome vs. Pomegranate — What's the Difference?

In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Well-known pomes include the apple, pear, and quince.

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft) tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean region.

A fleshy fruit, such as an apple, pear, or quince, having several seed chambers and an outer fleshy part largely derived from the hypanthium.

A deciduous shrub or small tree (Punica granatum) native to Asia and widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

(botany) A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.

The fruit of this tree, having a tough reddish rind and containing numerous seeds surrounded by tart juicy red pulp.

(Roman Catholic) A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.

To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.

A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.

A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit.

A ball of silver or other metal, which is filled with hot water, and used by the priest in cold weather to warm his hands during the service.

A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy.

To grow to a head, or form a head in growing.

Of a colour like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit; dark red or orange-red.

A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part

The fruit of the tree Punica Granatum; also, the tree itself (see Balaustine), which is native in the Orient, but is successfully cultivated in many warm countries, and as a house plant in colder climates. The fruit is as large as an orange, and has a hard rind containing many rather large seeds, each one separately covered with crimson, acid pulp.

A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate.

Shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit

Large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in a tough brownish-red rind