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UGLI FRUIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ugli fruit mean?
• UGLI FRUIT (noun)
The noun UGLI FRUIT has 2 senses:
1. hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
2. large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
Familiarity information: UGLI FRUIT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Citrus tangelo; tangelo; tangelo tree; ugli fruit
Hypernyms ("ugli fruit" 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 "ugli fruit"):
tangelo; ugli; ugli fruit (large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin)
Holonyms ("ugli fruit" is a member of...):
genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("ugli fruit" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("ugli fruit" 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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