tangelon.
/ˈtandʒələʊ/ 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.
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Seville orange1593
bigarade1658
Tangerine orange1710
mikan1727
mandarin1771
naartjie1790
blood orange1806
blood-red orange1826
Tangerine1842
navel orange1856
Florida orange1861
Bengal quince1866
noble orange1866
blood1867
satsuma1881
citrange1903
tangelo1904
sour orange1920
clementine1926
ortanique1936
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange > types of orange
Seville orange1593
kumquat1699
Tangerine orange1710
mikan1727
mandarin1771
naartjie1790
blood orange1806
St. Michael'sc1830
Tangerine1842
navel orange1856
Florida orange1861
Bengal quince1866
noble orange1866
blood1867
Jaffa1881
satsuma1881
navel1882
citrange1903
tangelo1904
Valencia1915
sour orange1920
clementine1926
minneola1931
ortanique1936
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [adjective] > of types of citrus fruit
Maltese1773
pomelo1803
etrog1888
Jaffaa1916
sour orange1920
tangelo1932
1904 Cosmopolitan July 262/1 Under the auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture has been evolved the ‘tangelo’.
1905 H. J. Webber & T. 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.
1932 Swingle & Robertson in Proc. 6th Internat. Congr. Genetics II. 385 The exhibit shows..tangelo fruits preserved in fluid.
1939 Times 23 Feb. 17/4 The basket [of Jamaican fruit] contained uglis, tangelos, grapefruit, oranges, [etc.].
1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 88/2 Tangelos are hybrids between the tangerine and grapefruit.
1970 Harrod's Summer Food News 8/1 Canadian tangelo juice.
1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. i. 5/6 (advt.) Fruit trees..tangelos.
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