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Definition of shaddock in English: shaddocknoun ˈʃadəkˈʃædək another term for pomelo Example sentencesExamples - My failure to answer the first phone inquiry - as to when a Vietnamese grapefruit known as a ‘shaddock’ had first made a lodgement in the nineteenth-century goldfields - had instantly obliterated my credibility.
- What is certain is that the ‘shaddock’ thrived in the W. Indies, in various forms; and it seems likely that it was there, in the course of the 18th century, that it developed into the grapefruit.
Origin Late 17th century: named after Captain Shaddock, who introduced it to the West Indies in the 17th century. Rhymes Caradoc, haddock, paddock Definition of shaddock in US English: shaddocknounˈSHadəkˈʃædək another term for pomelo Example sentencesExamples - What is certain is that the ‘shaddock’ thrived in the W. Indies, in various forms; and it seems likely that it was there, in the course of the 18th century, that it developed into the grapefruit.
- My failure to answer the first phone inquiry - as to when a Vietnamese grapefruit known as a ‘shaddock’ had first made a lodgement in the nineteenth-century goldfields - had instantly obliterated my credibility.
Origin Late 17th century: named after Captain Shaddock, who introduced it to the West Indies in the 17th century. |