pomegranate

• Being also well known as the deity of Fertility the pomegranate is an apt symbol - and they were offered in the tomb as a way to speed up the return and rebirth of the beloved departed. —  Fashion World of SL
• Feminine, and with juice the color of blood, the pomegranate is a symbol for the missing women in Juarez. —  Fog City Journal
• She followed the lines of the rich pattern--pomegranate, fruit and blossom, trailing peacock's feather. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• The rind of this fruit is like a pomegranate, and when first taken from the tree it resembles it exactly, save only that it wants the prickly circle at the top. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
• Then she discoursed of a beautiful young lady, with a heart as full of love as a pomegranate was full of seeds, - painting, in pretty exact colours, a lively portraiture of Miss Patty, which was no very difficult task, while the fair original was close at hand; nevertheless, the infatuated pretty gentleman was deeply impressed with the gipsy narrative, and began to think that the practice and knowledge of the occult sciences may, after all, have been handed down to the modern representatives of the ancient Egyptians. —  Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

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