Definition of pomegranates:
(n) :
The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.
(n) :
The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.
(n) :
A dark red or orange-red colour, like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit.
(adj) :
Of a colour like that of the pulp or skin of a pomegranate fruit; dark red or orange-red.
(n) :
(Australia, colloquial, derogatory, obsolete) A person of British descent, especially one who has (recently) immigrated to Australia; a pom, a pommy.