pomelo
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- noun
- /ˈpɒməloʊ/
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pomelo
- Denimpex sees the same happening in the pomelo business.
- pomelo fruit
- oranges and pomelos
- tangerines and pomelos
Examples
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Some sweet pomelos.
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At the market, I found a ripe pomelo that was larger than my head.
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We have pink pomelo, pink pomelo, pomelo.
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I mean, not exactly, but as similar as, like, pomelos and grapefruits.
Blog text (28) -
At noon, I ate one cucumber sandwich, one bag of squid chips, and one pomelo.
Fiction book (1994) -
They stand by the side of the road, yelling at the top of their lungs, waving their string bags of pomelos and their bottles of homemade hot sauce.
Fiction book (1996) -
Citrus salad trees offer winter and summer oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruits, tangelos, and pomelos.
Blog text (34) -
Some are edible (hybrids like 'Tangelo', a cross between a mandarin and pomelo); some are just interesting, like 'Buddha's Hand' citron with finger-like projections.
Blog text (24) -
For dessert, I enjoyed a refreshing salad made with pomelo and mint leaves.
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Pomelo is often used in fruit salads for its sweet and tangy flavor.
Synonyms
A large Asian fruit like a grapefruit with thick skin and sweet flesh
A Southeast Asian tree that grows large, thick-skinned fruits like a grapefruit
A large Southeast Asian citrus tree that produces pomelo fruit
A Southeast Asian tree that makes large sweet fruits like a grapefruit
A large citrus tree or its big fruit similar to a grapefruit
A tree that makes large, sweet fruits like a grapefruit
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Etymology
Pomelo comes from the Dutch word pompelmoes, a name sailors used for a 'large citrus fruit' they found in Southeast Asia and brought back to Europe. So a pomelo is the very large, thick-skinned citrus — like a giant grapefruit — and the name stayed with the fruit.