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shaddock

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Noun
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shad=dock

CIDE DICTIONARY

shaddockn. [Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.].
     A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shaddock, n. Bot.
1 the largest citrus fruit, with a thick yellow skin and bitter pulp. Also called POMELO.
2 the tree, Citrus grandis, bearing these.

Etymology
Capt. Shaddock, who introduced it to the W. Indies in the 17th c.

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