from Old French grenat by metathesis, from Medieval Latin granatum as used in a different meaning "of a dark red colour". This derivation may have originated from pomum granatum, describing the colour of pomegranate pulp, or from granum, referring to red dye, cochineal.

The modern French term for pomegranate, grenade, has given its name to the military grenade.

Pomegranates were colloquially

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