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Pomelo

//ˈpɒmɪləʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
  2. 2
    large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp wordnet
  3. 3
    The tree which produces this fruit.
  4. 4
    southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits wordnet
  5. 5
    The grapefruit. Caribbean, US, archaic

    "SHADDOCK, AND POMELO, OR GRAPE-FRUIT. (Citrus aurantium decumana.*) The cultivation of these fruits is extendiug gradually, especially of the pomelo, which is a first-class marketable fruit, very valuable in the spring and early summer."

Etymology

Of uncertain etymology, though possibly a variant of earlier pampelmoes, from French, Dutch, Portuguese sources ultimately equivalent to "thick lemon" or transcribing the Tamil பம்ப ளிமாசு (pampa ḷimācu, “big citrus”). Alternatively, possibly from pome (“apple”) + melon or some cognate; though such a compound is currently unattested, some early variant spellings seem to show influence from pome.

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