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ponkan

ponkan noun: a sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).

Noun

ponkan (plural ponkans)

  1. A sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).

Forms of ponkan

pluralponkans
alternative formponcan

Origin of ponkan

Borrowed from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).

Questions about ponkan

What does ponkan mean?
Ponkan means a sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).
What part of speech is ponkan?
Ponkan is a noun.
What is the plural of ponkan?
The plural of ponkan is ponkans.

Words near ponkan in the dictionary

  1. ponify
  2. ponir
  3. Ponjim
  4. ponk
  5. Ponka
  6. ponkan
  7. ponkans
  8. Ponkas
  9. ponks
  10. ponmo
  11. Ponni

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