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Pomegranate vs Squash - What's the difference?

pomegranate | squash |

As nouns the difference between pomegranate and squash

is that pomegranate is a fruit-bearing shrub or small tree, Punica granatum while squash is a sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.

As a verb squash is

to beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.

pomegranate

English

(wikipedia pomegranate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fruit-bearing shrub or small tree, Punica granatum .
  • * 2005 , Fahiem E. El-Borai, Larry W. Duncan, 12: Nematode Parasites of Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Tree Crops'', M. Luc, Richard A. Sikora, J. Bridge (editors), ''Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture , 2nd Edition, page 481,
    • The pomegranate' (''Punica granatum'' L.) originates from Persia, and is cultivated in western and central Asia and in the Mediterranean region; it is also grown commercially in California.The predominant parasitic nematodes affecting '''pomegranate are the root knot nematodes, ''M.[Meloidogyne] incognita'', ''M. acrita'' and ''M. javanica (McSorley, 1981).
  • * 2005 , Payam Nabarz, The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World , page 79,
    • The pomegranate is the tree of knowledge in some myths. In others, it is linked with the underworld,.
  • * 2008 , M. N. V. Prasad, Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients , page 225,
    • In this experiment, the average Zn concentration of leaf in four pomegranate cultivars was between 12.0 and 19.8mg/kg in the control (Fig. 2a).
  • The fruit of Punica granatum , about the size of an orange and having a red pulp containing many seeds and enclosed in a thick, hard, reddish skin.
  • * 2001 , Vern L. Bullough (editor), Herbal Contraceptives and Abortifacients'', ''Encyclopedia of Birth Control , page 125,
    • The seeds of the pomegranate , for example, were widely used to prevent conception in the ancient world and they are still used in India, East Africa, and the Pacific.
  • * 2005 , Payam Nabarz, The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World , page 79,
    • Persephone is taken to the underworld by Hades to be his queen. She willingly eats a seed of pomegranate and is forced to spend every winter with her husband in the land of the dead, symbolizing the yearly decay and revival of vegetation.
    In Judaism, the number of seeds in a pomegranate is said to be the exact number of mitzvah, or spiritual duties required of a devout Jew.
  • * 2006 , Wayne Gisslen, Professional Cooking, College Version , page 683,
    • The pomegranate is a subtropical fruit about the size of a large apple.
  • * 2011 , David Joachim, Fire It Up: 40 Recipes for Grilling Everything , page 310,
    • The grilled leeks are then drizzled with a gorgeous, ruby-red pomegranate vinaigrette.

    See also

    * Socotra pomegranate (Punica protopunica)

    See also

    * pom, pommy * grenadine (drink made using pomegranates)

    References

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    squash

    English

    (wikipedia squash)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) squachen, from (etyl) esquasser, + .

    Noun

    (wikipedia squash)
  • (uncountable) A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=, title=“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2 citation
    • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash -racket against a wall.}}
  • (British) A soft drink made from a fruit-based concentrate diluted with water.
    • When I'm thirsty I drink squash ; it tastes much nicer than plain water.
  • A place or a situation where people have limited space to move.
    • It's a bit of a squash in this small room.
  • (obsolete, countable) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of peas.
  • (obsolete, countable, pejorative) Something unripe or soft.
  • (obsolete, countable) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "squash")
    Derived terms
    * squashable * squash ball * squash court * squash player * squash racket
    See also
    * racketball

    Verb

    (es)
  • To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
  • (intransitive) To compress or restrict (oneself) into a small space; to squeeze.
    • Somehow, she squashed all her books into her backpack, which was now too heavy to carry.
    We all managed to squash into Mum's tiny car.
    Quotations
    * (English Citations of "squash")
    Derived terms
    * squash up * squashy * squish

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of askutasquash , (etyl) ("[a vegetable] eaten green (or raw)"). (Cucurbita)

    Noun

  • (countable) A plant and its fruit of five species of the genus Cucurbita , or gourd kind.
  • # Cucurbita maxima , including , and some varieties of pumpkins.
  • # .
  • # Cucurbita moschata , butternut squash, .
  • # Cucurbita pepo , most pumpkins, acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini.
  • #
  • The edible or decorative fruit of these plants, or this fruit prepared as a dish.
    • We ate squash and green beans.
    Derived terms
    * ) * (Coreidae) * opo squash (Lagenaria spp. ) * winter squash * summer squash

    Etymology 3

    shortening of musquash

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete, zoo, countable) Muskrat.
  • * Dampier
    • The squash is a four-footed beast, bigger than a cat.
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