<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>A chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.</li><li>The shrub or small tree, <em>Punica granatum</em>, that bears it, native to southwestern Asia but widely cultivated in warm regions.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>