Definitions of shaddock in English
noun
(1) Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
(2) Large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp
Examples of shaddock in English
(1) My failure to answer the first phone inquiry - as to when a Vietnamese grapefruit known as a u2018 shaddock u2019 had first made a lodgement in the nineteenth-century goldfields - had instantly obliterated my credibility.
(2) What is certain is that the u2018 shaddock u2019 thrived in the W. Indies, in various forms; and it seems likely that it was there, in the course of the 18th century, that it developed into the grapefruit.
synonyms of shaddock
pomelo
