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balaustine

[buh-laws-tin]

adjective

1.

of or pertaining to the pomegranate.

noun

2.

the dried flowers of the pomegranate used in medicines.

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Origin:
1665–75; earlier balaust(y) pomegranate flower (< Latin balaustium < Greek balaústion in same sense) + -ine¹; compare baluster

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