pummelo

[ puhm-uh-loh ]

noun

, plural pum·me·los.

1. pomelo.

Example Sentences

And "what we think of as mandarins now actually include a lot of things and they have some pummelo genes," Kahn says.

From Salon

Long live the Fraud plum, the Golden Gate strawberry, the Memory grape, the Chinese Shaddock pummelo, the Wagner avocado, the Paradise banana, the Dancy tangerine and the Lisbon lime.

From Washington Post

It is now believed to be an accidental hybrid of the pummelo, the largest citrus fruit, and the orange.

From New York Times

It showed up first in a Hacienda Heights backyard, on a pummelo branch derived from budwood that had been smuggled from China, where the disease is epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times

And Oroblanco, a cross between a pummelo and a grapefruit, is sweeter and less tart than most grapefruit.

From Los Angeles Times