This is how the Cambridge dictionary describes a pomegranate : “A round, thick-skinned fruit containing a mass of red seeds and a lot of juice.” A mass of seeds could well be a thousand seeds as the Turkish saying goes: I bought one in the market; it turned out to be a thousand at home! The fruit is comprised of seeds, which is exactly why the pomegranate has always been the symbol of fertility and plenty in our culture. In Anatolia and in Iran, the pomegranate fruit has a particular