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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 Floridaplay

2. large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skinplay

  Familiarity information: UGLI FRUIT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UGLI FRUIT (noun)


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:

tangelo; ugli; ugli fruit

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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