Lexic.us

Definition of Pomelo tree

1. Noun. Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pomelo Tree

Literary usage of Pomelo tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Deccan Days: Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Mary Frere, Bartle Frere (1898)
"By your dead wife's tomb there grows a fine pomelo tree ; you must bring ... So the Rajah sent his servants, and had the beautiful pomelo tree pulled up by ..."

2. Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten (1892)
"By your dead wife's tomb here grows a fine pomelo tree ; you must bring that ... So the Raja sent his servants, and had ;he beautiful pomelo tree pulled up ..."

3. A Guide to Mythology by Helen Archibald Clarke (1908)
"By your dead wife's tomh there grows a fine pomelo tree; you must bring that ... So the Rajah sent his servants, and had the beautiful pomelo tree pulled up ..."

4. Culture of the Citrus in California by Byron Martin Lelong, California State Board of Horticulture (1902)
"Fruit very large, pyri- form. MAMMOTH. — Fruit extraordinarily large, pyri- form, pale yellow. pomelo tree in fruit. THE POMELO.* Citrus aurantium, var. ..."

5. Makers of America: An Historical and Biographical Work by an Able Corps of by Florida historical society, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Florida historical society, Florida Historical Society (1909)
"... 1 HE POMELO. tree (nearly thornless) is a very strong, vigorous grower, and an early and heavy bearer, producing its fruit in clusters and carrying it ..."

6. A Chinese and English Vocabulary in the Pekinese Dialect by George Carter Stent (1871)
"... to reprieve. yu4 'g the pomelo. yu'-]/i' ;^jj j^ pomelo peel. ^•J f^ the pomelo tree. ^H -f' the pomelo. y4 p^ to induce, to seduce, to mislead, ..."

7. Serbian Folk-lore: Popular Tales by William Denton (1874)
"... the collection of stories from the Deccan, where a pomelo tree which springs from the grave of a murdered person leads to the knowledge of the murder. ..."

8. Serbian Folk-lore by William Denton (1874)
"... the collection of stories from the Deccan, where a pomelo tree which springs from the grave of a murdered person leads to the knowledge of the murder. ..."

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