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Definition of Pummelo
1. Noun. Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits.
Terms within: Pomelo, Shaddock
Group relationships: Genus Citrus
Generic synonyms: Citrus, Citrus Tree
Definition of Pummelo
1. a shaddock [n -LOS] - See also: shaddock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pummelo
Literary usage of Pummelo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"This is said by EE Bonavia to be "by far the finest variety of pummelo" he had seen.
He describes a number of other sorts varying in shape, size, color, ..."
2. The Cultivated Oranges and Lemons, Etc. of India and Ceylon: With Researches by Emanuel Bonavia (1888)
"With regard to the pummelo, Baber's memoirs make no mention whatever of this citrus.
Had it been known in Hindostan in his time, it is not likely that so ..."
3. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1922)
"Thong Dee pummelo. Seed presented by Doctor Tai, Minister of Agriculture.
Doctor Yal considers this the best pummelo of Siam; it is a little acid and so is ..."
4. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency by Bombay (India : Presidency), Bombay (India : State), Bombay (Presidency), India (1882)
"In starting a pummelo orchard the ground has to be hoed about a foot deep, a
layer of cowdung is laid, the surface is scratched with a hooked knife, ..."
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