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pumelo

pumelo is the obsolete spelling of pomelo.

Meaning of pomelo

Noun

pomelo (plural pomelos or pomeloes)

  1. The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
  2. The tree which produces this fruit.
  3. (Caribbean, US, archaic) The grapefruit.
    • SHADDOCK, AND POMELO, OR GRAPE-FRUIT. (Citrus aurantium decumana.*) The cultivation of these fruits is extendiug gradually, especially of the pomelo, which is a first-class marketable fruit, very valuable in the spring and early summer.1888, Bulletin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, page 78
    Synonyms:
    grapefruit

Forms of pumelo

pluralpumelos
pluralpumeloes

Questions about pumelo

What is pumelo the obsolete spelling of?
Pumelo is the obsolete spelling of pomelo.

Words near pumelo in the dictionary

  1. pumapards
  2. pumas
  3. pumello
  4. pumelloes
  5. pumellos
  6. pumelo
  7. pumeloes
  8. pumelos
  9. pumicate
  10. pumicated
  11. pumicates

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