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Rated: E · Book · Educational · #2105953
One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.
#905861 added March 2, 2017 at 5:15pm
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"Pomegranate"
"Pomegranate"
- etymology -

The word "pomegranate" derives from a Latin term "pomum granatum", meaning "many-seeded fruit".

The Old French version ("pomme grenate") is the namesake of the modern military "grenade", owing to superficial similarities between the seed-filled fruit and the shrapnel-filled explosive.


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