Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pomelo.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The shaddock, especially in its larger forms. Compare
pomelo .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size.
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- noun obsolete A
grapefruit .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Dutch : probably Dutch pompel-, thick, swollen (as in pompelbeen, swollen legs, elephantiasis, and pompelbloem, water lily) or Dutch pompoen, gourd, pumpkin (from Old French pompon, a kind of pumpkin or melon, from Old Italian popone, from Latin pepō, pepōn-; see pepo) + alteration of Portuguese limões, pl. of limão, lemon (from Arabic laymūn; see lemon).]
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Dutch pompelmoes; compare French pamplemousse.
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