What is a grenade?
By Chelsie Vandaveer
May 31, 2002
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The Phoenicians were responsible for the introduction of the pomegranate (Punica granatum Linnaeus) throughout much of the Mediterranean. The generic name, Punica, is the ancient Roman name for the city of Carthage. The species epithet, granatum, refers to the many seeds or 'grains' found within the leathery skin.
Punicum pomum and malus punicum were Roman names for the 'apple of Carthage' or the pomegranate. Puniceus, punicus, and punicum were also references to crimson or purplish-red. The Latin words derived from the Greek, phoinix, purple-red, a name for both the famous dye made from the Murex, a sea snail living off the coast of Canaan and the Phoenicians who made and
marketed the dye.
Pomegranate came from the Middle English name, poumgarnet, and that from the Middle French, pomme grenate. During the Middle Ages, herbalists and apothecaries called the fruit, pomuni granatum, the seeded apple.
John Gerard (Herbal, 1633 ed.) stated the syrup made of pomegranate juice was wholesome to the stomach, good for heartburn and vomiting, and "very profitable against the longing of women with child...." No longer a medicinal, this syrup, grenadine, is still used in desserts and drinks.
When a pomegranate is dropped on a hard surface, it bursts tossing seeds everywhere. The fruit is believed the inspiration for the hand-tossed explosive. The military borrowed the modern French name for the fruit, grenade.
For the adventurous cook, the Seasonal Chef has pomegranate recipes. To view the recipes, click on the link:
http://www.seasonalchef.com/pomegranate.htm
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Wollemi Pine
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Exclusively from National Geographic, this survivor from the age of the dinosaurs is one of the greatest living fossils discovered in the 20th century. The Wollemi pine is one of the world's oldest and rarest tree species, belonging to a 200-million-year-old plant family thought to have been extinct for more than two million years.
Previously known only from fossil records, it was presumed extinct until a single tree was found in the Wollemi National Park, Australia, in 1994. Subsequent research discovered 100 adult trees that have survived in a single canyon in this wild and rugged area.
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You can assist in the conservation effort and enjoy the unique opportunity to ensure the continued survival of this rare species by giving the tree as a gift or growing your own. Suitable for indoor container gardening or as a landscape tree in certain areas of the U.S.
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