What does "ponkan" mean?

A sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).

Ponkan

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A sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).

Borrowed from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).