Re: Pomegranates
- To: i*@cgac.es, Mediterannean Plants List
- Subject: Re: Pomegranates
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 09:47:49 +1300
- References: <38393165.2C38@cgac.es>
iberbier@cgac.es wrote
> The spanish word for the tree is "granado". The fruit is "granada" =
> grenade!
>
> I wonder which came first, the fruit or the bomb?
As I understand it, the bomb was deliberately named after the fruit,
since it was a similar shape (and possibly with small boys' use of the
fruit in mind also!!).
Tony
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
