Pomelo
WordNet
noun
(1) Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp
(2) Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
WiktionaryText
Alternative spellings
-
- pomello
- pomelo
- pommelo
- pomolo
- pumelo
- pummelo
-
- pomelo
- pomelow
- pommelo
- pummaloe
- pummelo
- pummelow
Etymology
Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of ; alternatively, perhaps an alteration of a compound of + , or an alteration of a compound of their cognates (forms such as and suggest the influence of (quod vide) or its cognates, but the hypothesised compound of + (or mutatis mutandis) is unattested).