Definition of "punica" []

• A monotypic genus of plants of the polypetalous order Lythrarieæ, formerly classed in the Myrtaceæ, or myrtle family, and by many constituted into a separate order, Granateæ (Don, 1826). (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But so beautiful…the borage, punica granatum…ALL of them."
• "Luigi Torri, Osservazioni intorno alla cera punica (Verona, 1785)."
• "Punic? punica fides: the very quint-essential quiddity of bad faith: double-visaged: double-tongued."