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tangelo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tangelo has 2 senses
- tangelo(n = noun.plant) citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit - hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida; Array has parts: tangelo, ugli, ugli fruit
- tangelo(n = noun.food) ugli, ugli fruit - large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin; Array is a kind of edible fruit
is a member of genus citrus
is a kind of citrus, citrus tree
is a part of citrus tangelo, tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit
CIDE DICTIONARY
tangelo, n. [Tangerine + pomelo.].
A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tangelo, n. (pl. -os) a hybrid of the tangerine and grapefruit.
Etymology
TANGERINE + POMELO
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