Coextensive with the family Punicaceae.
1The pomegranate or dalima (Punica granatum) flourishes here, as in all warm climates.
2Worldwide pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) production has expanded greatly due to recent evidence on the fruit health attributes.
3He left a poem, the "Punica," which contains the history in heroic verse of the second Punic war.
4The pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruit has a long history of human consumption and possesses notable antioxidant and cardiovascular properties.
5His poem, the Punica, is an account of the second Punic War in verse, and is chiefly valuable to the historical student.
6750; Silius Italicus, Punica, xiv.