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POMELO TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pomelo tree mean?
• POMELO TREE (noun)
The noun POMELO TREE has 1 sense:
1. southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
Familiarity information: POMELO TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Citrus decumana; Citrus grandis; Citrus maxima; pomelo; pomelo tree; pummelo; shaddock
Hypernyms ("pomelo tree" is a kind of...):
citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)
Meronyms (parts of "pomelo tree"):
pomelo; shaddock (large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp)
Holonyms ("pomelo tree" is a member of...):
genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)
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