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shad⋅dock

  [shad-uhk]
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–noun
pomelo.
Origin:
1690–1700; named after Captain Shaddock, 17th-century Englishman who brought the seed to the West Indies from the East Indies

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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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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shaddock

(Citrus grandis), citrus tree of the family Rutaceae, reaching 6-13 m (20-43 feet) in height. Shaddock is allied to the orange and the lemon and is presumably native to Malaysia and Polynesia. The name shaddock is said to have derived from that of a captain who introduced the tree to the West Indies. The leaves are like those of the orange but have broadly winged petioles and are downy on the undersurface, as are also the young shoots. The flowers are large and white and are succeeded by very large spheroid or almost pear-shaped fruits, resembling grapefruit, lemon yellow in colour, and with a pungent, tart, but agreeable flavour. The pulp segments are either pallid or red and shell out easily. The fruit is highly prized in the Orient

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