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tangelo|ˈtændʒələʊ|
[f. tangerine n. 2 a + pomelo.]
A hybrid citrus fruit resembling a thick-skinned orange, produced by crossing the tangerine, Citrus reticulata, and the pomelo, C. grandis; also, the tree bearing this fruit.
1904Cosmopolitan Mag. xxxvii. 262 Under the auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture has been evolved the ‘tangelo’. 1905Webber & Swingle in Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1904 235 The term ‘tangelo’ is suggested by the writers as a name for this group of loose-skinned fruits, which lie midway between the pomelo and tangerine. 1932Swingle & Robertson in Proc. 6th Internat. Congr. Genetics II. 385 The exhibit shows..tangelo fruits preserved in fluid. 1939Times 23 Feb. 17/4 The basket [of Jamaican fruit] contained uglis, tangelos, grapefruit, oranges, [etc.]. 1969Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 88/2 Tangelos are hybrids between the tangerine and grapefruit. 1970Harrod's Summer Food News 8/1 Canadian tangelo juice. 1977N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. 1–5/6 (Advt.), Fruit trees..tangelos. |