What is "ugli fruit"

n. A cross between a tangerine and grapefruit, grown in the West Indies

1. n. hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida [syn: tangelo, tangelo tree, Citrus tangelo]

2. large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin [syn: tangelo, ugli]

The ugli or ugli fruit is a Jamaican form of tangelo, a citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit (or pomelo), an orange, and a tangerine.

Its species is Citrus reticulata × Citrus paradisi.