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shaddocks

shaddocks is the plural of shaddock.

Meaning of shaddock

Noun

shaddock (plural shaddocks)

  1. Synonym of pomelo, in all its senses including (inexact) grapefruit.
    • Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of a tropical sun, for it will not thrive even at Tondano a thousand feet lower.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 390
    Synonyms:
    pomelo, in all its senses including

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Proper noun capitalized: Shaddocks

Shaddocks

  1. (plural) plural of Shaddock

Questions about shaddocks

What is shaddocks the plural of?
Shaddocks is the plural of shaddock.
What part of speech is shaddocks?
Shaddocks is a proper noun.

Words near shaddocks in the dictionary

  1. Shaddens
  2. shadder
  3. shadders
  4. shaddoc
  5. shaddock
  6. shaddocks
  7. shaddocs
  8. Shadduck
  9. Shadducks
  10. shaddup
  11. shade

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