noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo or a grapefruit.
2. 2
   large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin wordnet
3. 3
   A red-orange colour, like that of a tangelo.
4. 4
   hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

berrycitrus aurantium tangelo group [= citrus ×paradisi × citrus reticulata]citrus reticulatacitrus tangelocrosscrossbreed

Etymology

Blend of tangerine + pomelo.

Related phrases

Minneola tangelocitrus fruit

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