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Shaddock

noun

Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits. Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo.

Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp. Synonym: pomelo.

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"Shaddock" Quotes from Famous Books

... "And Shaddock mid the garden-paths, on bough * Freshest like fairest damsel met my sight; And to the blowing of the breeze it bent * Like golden ball to bat ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton

... bitter oranges, lemons, and citrons, each of which has given rise to whole groups of varieties, monsters, and supposed hybrids. One high authority[626] believes that these four reputed species are all {335} varieties of the wild Citrus medica, but that the shaddock (Citrus decumana), which is not known in a wild state, is a distinct species; though its distinctness is doubted by another writer "of great authority on such matters," namely, Dr. Buchanan Hamilton. Alph. De Candolle,[627] on the other hand—and there cannot be a ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. • Charles Darwin

Words linked to "Shaddock" : citrous fruit, citrus, citrus tree, genus Citrus, citrus fruit