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balaustine

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ba⋅laus⋅tine

[buh-laws-tin]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the pomegranate.
–noun
2. the dried flowers of the pomegranate used in medicines.

Origin:
1665–75; earlier balaust(y) pomegranate flower (< L balaustium < Gk balaústion in same sense) + -ine 1 ; cf. baluster
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