@BowsacNoodle @NeoDelorean @MeBigbrain @Xenophon @Fullmetal2255 I’ve always been partial to the pomegranate explanation, despite its popularity amongst many rabbis in history, which - considering the topic - may not really be an automatic disqualifier.
The possibility that it’s a euphemism for sex has some intriguing implications, but in the absence of Orthodox Saints making such an argument, I’m not one to argue with them.