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| | Pomegranate |
 | | Steeped in history and romance and almost in a class by itself, the pomegranate, Punica granatum L., belongs to the family Punicaceae which includes only one genus and two species, the other one, little-known, being P. |
 | | The generic term, Punica, was the Roman name for Carthage from whence the best pomegranates came to Italy. |
 | | An attractive shrub or small tree, to 20 or 30 ft (6 or 10 m) high, the pomegranate is much-branched, more or less spiny, and extremely long-lived, some specimens at Versailles known to have survived two centuries. |
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