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grapefruit

grapefruit

57 1.0
A large round yellow fruit with juicy slightly sour flesh or the tree that grows it
  • noun
  • /ˈɡreɪpˌfruːt/
translation icon : pomelo
  • A compote of cut-up oranges, grapefruit, apples, and cantaloupe was attractively arranged in a Tiffany bowl.
  • grapefruit juice
  • grapefruit tree
  • size of a grapefruit

This one is a pink grapefruit body sorbet.

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Examples

  • His window was open, and I could smell the grapefruit and tangerines hanging on the trees outside.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The key to eating a grapefruit is a grapefruit spoon.

  • If we were given, for instance, grapefruit, you get a half a grapefruit.

    Anything Goes With James English

  • A number 7, over easy, and a grapefruit juice.

    Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

  • A nurse heard his voice and offered a glass of grapefruit juice.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • This is the pink grapefruit and ginger flavor.

    Sydney Serena

  • Now, who would like to try some grapefruit sorbet?

    American Dreamz (2006)

  • This one is a pink grapefruit body sorbet.

    Zoella

  • We've got a grapefruit with brown sugar garnish.

    GQ

  • To make a refreshing salad, add slices of grapefruit for a tangy flavor.

Synonyms

Citrus paradisi
vsgrapefruit
  • Specialized
6.1

A tree that grows large round fruits called grapefruits with thick yellow rind and juicy slightly sour flesh

is the everyday name for the fruit and tree rather than the scientific species

Compounds

grapefruit juice
3 1.1

A drink you get by squeezing grapefruits

grapefruit peel
2.7

Strips of grapefruit skin become a sweet when cooked in sugar and used as a decoration

How Sour

lime
107 1.0
lemon
318 1.0
grapefruit
57 1.0
orange
126 1.0
apple
583 1.0
banana
153 1.0

Surface Forms

grapefruit singular
grapefruits plural

Morphology

grapefruit = grape + fruit (semi-transparent) = grape + fruit

The components 'grape' and 'fruit' are recognizable, but the compound does not mean 'the fruit of a grape'—it is a distinct citrus named for grape-like clusters/taste.

Etymology

The word grapefruit comes from the way the fruit often grows in groups on the tree, like a bunch of grapes, so people joined grape and fruit to name it. So, grapefruit now means a large, slightly tart citrus fruit.