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pum⋅e⋅lo

  [puhm-uh-loh] noun, plural -los.
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pom⋅e⋅lo

  [pom-uh-loh]
–noun, plural -los.
1. the very large, yellow or orange citrus fruit of a tree, Citrus maxima, of southeastern Asia.
2. the tree itself.
Also, pommelo, pumelo, pummelo.
Also called shaddock.

Origin:
1855–60; pseudo-Spanish alter. of pomplemoose < D pompelmoes shaddock, perh. b. pompoen pumpkin and Pg limões, pl. of limão lemon
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pum·e·lo   (pŭm'ə-lō')   
n.   pl. pum·e·los
See shaddock.

[Variant of pomelo.]
shad·dock   (shād'ək)   
n.   In both senses also called pomelo, pompelmous, pumelo.

  1. A tropical southeast Asian tree (Citrus maxima) closely related to the grapefruit and having very large round fruit with thick rinds and coarse-grained pulp.

  2. The edible yellow fruit of the shaddock.


[After Captain Shaddock, 17th-century English ship commander.]
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