Pomegranate late 16th century and into California by Spanish settlers in 1769. Today, it is widely cultivated throughout the Middle East and Caucasus region, north and tropical Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, the drier parts of southeast Asia, and parts of the Mediterranean Basin. It is also cultivated in parts of Arizona and California. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it has become more common in the shops and markets of Europe and the Western Hemisphere. The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin "pōmum" "apple" and "grānātum" "seeded". Possibly stemming from the old French word for the fruit, "pomme-grenade", the pomegranate
Pome Pome In botany, a pome (derived from Latin "pōmum", meaning "fruit") is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. The word "pome" entered English in the late 14th century, and referred to an apple or an apple-shaped object. It derived from the Old French word "pome" "apple" (12th century; modern French is "pomme"), which in turn derived from the Late Latin or Vulgar Latin word "poma" "apple", originally the plural of Latin "pomum" "fruit", later "apple". A pome is an accessory fruit composed of one or more carpels surrounded by accessory