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Fruit with a thick rind
Answer for the clue "Fruit with a thick rind ", 6 letters:
pomelo
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Word definitions for pomelo in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits [syn: pomelo tree , pummelo , shaddock , Citrus maxima , Citrus grandis , Citrus decumana ] large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp [syn: shaddock ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1858, of uncertain origin; apparently related to Latin pomum "fruit; apple" (see Pomona ).
Usage examples of pomelo.
CHAPTER I - THE CITY THAT DIED THE passengers aboard the Silver Bullet stared from the windows in surprise, when the sleek streamliner glided to a stop at Pomelo Junction.
They said you were fixing to get off at Pomelo Junction and would need a taxi.
Then Cranston saw a battered sign pointing to Pomelo City, the name scarcely legible.
The road, itself, was proof that something was wrong with Pomelo City.
No more trouble from it anywhere in Florida, except around Pomelo City.
Yes, sir, the bottom dropped plumb out of it, like it has with Pomelo City!
Above the entrance was a sign proclaiming the place to be the Pomelo Hotel.
A strange being that belonged to blackness, The Shadow had begun the mission that had brought him to Pomelo City.
In the increasing darkness of his hotel room, The Shadow was reviewing the facts that accounted for his visit to Pomelo City.
Hundreds of people had found absolute reason to move from the vicinity of Pomelo City.
Dependent upon the trade of the surrounding territory, Pomelo City had no longer been a prosperous place.
The abandonment of the branch railroad, the collapse of the highway that linked the town to the world, were added occurrences dooming Pomelo City to oblivion.
Beneath all this, The Shadow saw the operation of an evil hand, one not content to let Pomelo City linger toward its finish.
Whether it had guests or not, the Pomelo Hotel actually required a fair-sized personnel, merely to keep up appearances.
At a desk visible through the window sat a haggard man with gray-streaked hair, who kept looking toward the street, as if dreaming of long-past days when people actually bought houses and rented property in Pomelo City.