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shaddock definition

shad·dock (s̸had′ək)

noun

  1. a large, yellow, coarsegrained, pear-shaped citrus fruit resembling a grapefruit
  2. the citrus tree (Citrus grandis) it grows on

Etymology: after Capt. Shaddock, who first carried this fruit from the East to the West Indies (late 17th c.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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