Shaddock

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:04:07

Shad"dock (?), n. [Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.] Bot.

A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.

 

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