[syn: pomelo, shaddock]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain
Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
(Bot.)
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large
species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and
pompelmous.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shaddock
n 1: southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling
grapefruits [syn: pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo,
shaddock, Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, Citrus
decumana]
2: large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse
dry pulp [syn: pomelo, shaddock]