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Revision as of 16:41, 19 December 2005
The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit bearing shrub or tree common throughout the Middle Ages. It symbolised birth and death because of its ability to bleed. A wounded unicorn was thought to bleed pomegranate seeds.
The pomegranate was used as the personal emblem of Maximillian I.
