- 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.
- the shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, that bears it, native to southwestern Asia but widely cultivated in warm regions.
- an Asian shrub or small tree, Punica granatum, cultivated in semitropical regions for its edible fruit: family Punicaceae
- the many-chambered globular fruit of this tree, which has tough reddish rind, juicy red pulp, and many seeds
