PUMMELO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pummelo mean? 

• PUMMELO (noun)
  The noun PUMMELO has 1 sense:

1. southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits

  Familiarity information: PUMMELO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUMMELO (noun)

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 ("pummelo" 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 "pummelo"):

pomelo; shaddock (large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp)

Holonyms ("pummelo" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)