* in the uttermost.
  13:15,16  Isa 10:28,29 
 * a pomegranate.
   The word {rimmon,} in Arabic {romman,} whence the Portuguese
   {romaa,} denotes the pomegranate, both tree and fruit; called
   by naturalists {malus punica} or {malo-granatum.}  It is,
   according to the Linnean system, a genus of the {icosandria
   monogynia} class of plants; and is a low tree, growing very
   common in Palestine, and other parts of the East.  It has
   several small angular boughs, very thick and bushy, covered
   with a reddish bark, and some of them armed with sharp thorns.
   They are garnished with small, narrow, spear-shaped leaves,
   like those of the myrtle, but not so sharp, of a green colour,
   inclining to red.  Its blossoms are large, beautiful, of an
   elegant red colour, inclining to purple, composed of several
   stalks resembling a rose, in the hollow of the cup:  this cup
   is oblong, hard, purple, having a figure somewhat like that of
   a bell.  It is chiefly valued for its fruit, which is
   exceedingly beautiful, of the form and size of a large apple,
   with a reddish rind, and red within; being full of small
   kernels, with red grains, replenished with a generous liquor,
   of which, Sir John Chardin informs us, they still make
   considerable quantities of wine in the East, particularly in
   Persia.  But as the pomegranate tree, from its low growth, is
   but little adapted for pitching a tent under, it is probable
   that Rimmon here is the name of the rock mentioned in Jud
   20:45.