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pomelo|ˈpɒmələʊ, ˈpʌmələʊ|
Also pomello, pum(m)elo, pomolo, pommelo.
[Of uncertain formation and history; app. related to pomum, pomo, pome apple.]
a. In the East Indies, a synonym of the pompelmoose or shaddock (Citrus grandis).
b. In America, applied to the variety or sub-species of Citrus, also called ‘grapefruit’ and (in the English market) ‘forbidden fruit’. Also = grapefruit. Also attrib.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Pomelloes, a name under which forbidden fruit is sometimes sold in this country by fruiterers. 1859All Year Round No. 1. 17, I cannot agree..that the Amoy pomelo is the finest fruit in the world. 1884Q. Rev. Apr. 332 Mangosteen, pomolo, banano. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 139 The orange, lemon, shaddock, pomelo,..were weighed down by their own golden fruit. 1885Macm. Mag. Nov. 77/1 Water-melons, jack-fruit, pummeloes, and plantains. 1886Guide Mus. Econ. Bot., Kew Gardens No. 1. 29 Pumpelmousse or Shaddock, fruit of Citrus decumana... The Pumelo is a smaller fruited variety. 1905Sir J. K. Laughton in Let. 19 Mar., I gather that now the name pummelow has been partially adopted in the West Indies, and has come thence to England; but..45 or 50 years ago this name was special to China; the Amoy pummelow, with a pink rose flesh, was specially noted. 1908R. W. Chambers Firing Line v. 54 Is that the pomelo grove? 1943Webber & Batchelor Citrus Industry I. v. 568 The grapefruits and the pummelos, or shaddocks, are very closely related. 1968J. W. Purseglove Trop. Crops: Dicotyledons II. 502 C[itrus] grandis is highly esteemed in the East as a dessert fruit, where it is known as the Pomelo. 1971‘A. Burgess’ MF vi. 68 A papier-mâché cornucopia spilling bananas, pomelos..and jackfruit. |