Shaddock

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain
     Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
     (Bot.)
     A tree ({Citrus decumana}) and its fruit, which is a large
     species of orange; -- called also {forbidden fruit}, and
     {pompelmous}.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shaddock
       n 1: southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling
            grapefruits [syn: {pomelo}, {pomelo tree}, {pummelo}, {Citrus
            maxima}, {Citrus grandis}, {Citrus decumana}]
       2: large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with
          coarse dry pulp [syn: {pomelo}]