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榴 is a phonosemantic compound: the wood radical 木 on the left indicates a tree or plant, and 留 (liú) on the right gives the sound. Its primary meaning is the pomegranate tree and its fruit. Because pomegranates are full of seeds, the character also appears in modern military vocabulary for fragmentation weapons like shrapnel shells and grenades, likening the scattering fragments to the seeds bursting from the fruit.
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我喜欢吃石榴。
他买了一个榴莲。
榴莲的味道很特别。
石榴汁很有营养。
榴莲比香蕉贵很多。
秋天是石榴成熟的季节。
妈妈不喜欢榴莲的气味。
虽然榴莲气味难闻，但是很多人爱吃。
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