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pomegranate the pomegranate, which is a symbol of fertility, was the badge of Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536), first wife of Henry VIII.

In Greek mythology, Persephone was forced to remain for half the year in the Underworld, because during her captivity there she had eaten some pomegranate seeds.

Recorded from Middle English, the word comes from Old French pome granate, from pome ‘apple’ + grenate ‘pomegranate’ (from Latin (malum) granatum ‘(apple) having many seeds’, from granum ‘seed’).

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