Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hybrid citrus tree derived from a tangerine and a grapefruit or pomelo, having juicy flavorful fruit with a loose rind.
  • noun The fruit of this tree.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A class of hybrids of the tangerine orange and the grape-fruit or pomelo. At least three of these hybrids have been secured by the United States Department of Agriculture.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo or a grapefruit.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
  • noun large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Blend of tangerine and pomelo.]

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Blend of tangerine and pomelo

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