Grenadin

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A sweet red syrup flavoured with pomegranate or other fruit, often used in cocktails ; a small round boneless slice of veal or other meat, usually cut from the fillet
2. A thick sweet cordial made from pomegranate juice used to flavour drinks ; a little tender round piece of meat, typically veal, cut from the loin or fillet
3. A ruby-coloured fruit syrup mixed into beverages and desserts ; a neat boneless medallion of veal or similar meat prepared for cooking

Etymology: Grenadine is a syrup made from pomegranates, but the name first belonged to a flower. In French, "œillet grenadin" was a clove pink, a carnation-like bloom, and the adjective "grenadin" meant something like "pomegranate-coloured," the shade of the fruit's red seeds. The fruit itself gave the word its root: Middle French "grenade" meant pomegranate, the same word that later named the explosive device, which got its name from the fruit's resemblance to a seed-filled shell. The syrup came later. French "grenadine" took the name of the colour and was applied to a pomegranate-flavoured syrup, and English borrowed it from French in that sense. The borrowing carried the word across the Channel with its colour sense intact, so a sweet red drink took its name from the hue of a flower.