Native Pomegranate (Noun)
Meaning
Small Australian tree bearing edible fruit resembling the pomegranate.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The native pomegranate grows up to six meters in height with smooth bark that often appears disfigured from pests or growth damage.
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- The flowers are tiny and greenish in colour while the native pomegranate fruits change from green to orange to a red or yellowish brown as the colour develops and before they finally fall away exposing red berry clusters.
- The attractive native pomegranate produces a small edible berry encased inside an inedible woody calyx resembling miniature pomegranates.
- This tree is often mistakenly thought to bear the edible pomegranate fruit when actually its small woodland like green native pomegranate rather was once considered edible and eaten recently used fruit sweet stews and fruit beverages by early settlers.