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The pomegranate (), botanical name ''Punica granatum'', is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between tall. In the Northern Hemisphere, the fruit is typically in season from September to February, and in the Southern Hemisphere from March to May. As intact arils or juice, pomegranates are used in cooking, baking, meal garnishes, juice blends, smoothies, and alcoholic beverages, such as cocktails and wine. The pomegranate originated in the region of modern-day Iran and has been cultivated since ancient times throughout the Mediterranean region and northern India.〔 It was introduced into America (Spanish America) in the late 16th century and California by Spanish settlers in 1769.〔 Today, it is widely cultivated throughout the Middle East and Caucasus region, north Africa and tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, and the drier parts of southeast Asia. It is also cultivated in parts of California and Arizona.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pomegranate. California Rare Fruit Growers )〕 In recent years, it has become more common in the commercial markets of Europe and the Western Hemisphere.〔〔 == Etymology == The name pomegranate derives from medieval Latin ''pōmum'' "apple" and ''grānātum'' "seeded".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Etymology of ''pomegranate'' )〕 Perhaps stemming from the old French word for the fruit, ''pomme-grenade'', the pomegranate was known in early English as "apple of Grenada"—a term which today survives only in heraldic blazons. This is a folk etymology, confusing Latin ''granatus'' with the name of the Spanish city of Granada, which derives from Arabic. Garnet derives from Old French ''grenat'' by metathesis, from Medieval Latin ''granatum'' as used in a different meaning "of a dark red color". This derivation may have originated from ''pomum granatum'' describing the color of pomegranate pulp or from ''granum'' referring to "red dye, cochineal". The French term ''grenade'' for pomegranate has given its name to the military grenade.〔Harper, Douglas (8 October 2011) ("Grenade" ) ''Online Etymology Dictionary''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「pomegranate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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