Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shaddock"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain
Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
(Bot.)
A tree ({Citrus decumana}) and its fruit, which is a large
species of orange; -- called also {forbidden fruit}, and
{pompelmous}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

shaddock
n 1: southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling
grapefruits [syn: {pomelo}, {pomelo tree}, {pummelo}, {Citrus
maxima}, {Citrus grandis}, {Citrus decumana}]
2: large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with
coarse dry pulp [syn: {pomelo}]


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