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UGLI (uglies)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ugli mean?
• UGLI (noun)
The noun UGLI has 1 sense:
1. large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
Familiarity information: UGLI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
tangelo; ugli; ugli fruit
Hypernyms ("ugli" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("ugli" is a part of...):
Citrus tangelo; tangelo; tangelo tree; ugli fruit (hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida)
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