pomegranate-tree

"The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various

Amgrad rose first, and, advancing, saw a tree at a little distance: he went to it, and found it was a pomegranate-tree, with large fruit upon it, and a fountain near the foot.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Anonymous

The nightingale in the pomegranate-tree was beginning to sing hoarsely and out of tune; therefore it was full time that our ears should be dieted with other sounds.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various

A peacock with a great hooked bill flew in and out among the branches of a pomegranate-tree pecking the rosy fruit.

The World I Live In Helen Keller 1924

The peach-tree and pomegranate-tree, having become spiritual beings, have taken up their abode in these images.

Myths and Legends of China 1909

Meantime Saul was sitting just outside of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is near the threshing-floor, and there were with him about six hundred men.

The Children's Bible Charles Foster Kent 1896

An admirer of Nature must be struck with the singular beauty of the pomegranate-tree, so commonly cultivated in India.

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

The pomegranate-tree [16] may be ranked amongst the choicest beauties of

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

Thus love is oftentimes represented by the pomegranate, which, as it takes its properties from the pomegranate-tree, may be said to be the virtue of this tree; so again it seems to be its gift, which it offers to man by love; and it is its fruit, since it is eaten to please man's taste; and finally it is, so to speak, its glory and beatitude, since it bears the crown and diadem.

Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884

The knife pointed beyond the spring and the pomegranate-tree, and in a little while Valentine went on his journey.

Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country Joel Chandler Harris 1878