Pomelo Definition
pŏmə-lō
pomelos, pomelo
noun
pomelos
Webster's New World
A tropical Southeast Asian tree (Citrus maxima) closely related to the grapefruit and having very large round fruit with a thick rind and coarse-grained pulp.
American Heritage
The edible yellow fruit of this tree.
American Heritage
(now chiefly US and South Africa) A grapefruit.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- citrus-maxima
- pummelo
- pomelo tree
- Citrus decumana
- Citrus grandis
- shaddock
Other Word Forms of Pomelo
Noun
Singular:
pomelo
Plural:
pomelosOrigin of Pomelo
Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of Dutch pampelmoes (“shaddock"); alternatively, perhaps an alteration of a compound of the obsolete pome (“apple") + melon, or an alteration of a compound of their cognates (forms such as pomello and pomolo suggest the influence of pome or its cognates, but the hypothesised compound of pome + melon (mutatis mutandis) is unattested).
From Wiktionary
Probably alteration of pompelmous
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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