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Definition of Shaddock

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

2. Noun. Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp.

Definition of Shaddock

1. n. A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.

Definition of Shaddock

1. Noun. pomelo ¹

2. Noun. grapefruit ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shaddock

1. a citrus fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Shaddock

1. A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange. Synonym: forbidden fruit, and pompelmous. Origin: Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaddock

shadbirds shadblow shadblows shadbush shadbushes shadchan shadchanim shadchans shadchen shadchens

shadd shadda shaddap shadder shadders shaddock (current term) shaddocks shaddup shade shade horsetail

shade horsetails shade off shade tree shadebob shadebobs shaded shaded riverine aquatic cover shadeful shadeless shadelessly

Literary usage of Shaddock

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

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"The shaddock is a native of China and Cochin China, but is thoroughly established in the West Indies, where it presents many varieties. ..."

2. The Fruits and Fruit-trees of America, Or, the Culture, Propagation, and by Andrew Jackson Downing, Charles Downing (1883)
"It is a native of China and Japan, and has its name from Dr. shaddock, who first carried it to the West Indies. The leaves are winged, like those of the ..."

3. A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in (1830)
"The shaddock. The shaddock is much larger than the orange, ... The shaddock is a native of China and the adjoining countries, where the name of " sweet ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"—Although botanically the Pomelo and shaddock are of one species, ... The shaddock is a smaller tree than the Pomelo, with larger leaves, but the greatest ..."

5. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"shaddock ; a large species of orange, attaining the diameter of seven or eight inches, with a white, thick, spongy and bitter rind, and a red or white pulp, ..."

6. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"There is a structure of the petiole of the leaf, which serves to distinguish the species. Thus, in the orange and shaddock the petiole is winged ..."

7. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Marblehead (Mass.), Joseph Warren Chapman (1904)
"shaddock (see also Shattuck), Benjamin, and Joanna Coombs, Dec. 25, 1764. ... 5, 1845-* SHATTUCK (see also shaddock), Huldah, and William Scot, Feb. ..."

8. Citrus Fruits and Their Culture by H. Harold Hume (1911)
"Cross-section of Pink shaddock. (About one-third natural size.) Pink. Form oblate- pyriform, necked ; size large, 6x6 5-8 inches; color lemon yellow; ..."

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