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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pomelo

Pomelo \Pom"e*lo\, n. [Cf. Pompelmous.] A variety of shaddock, called also grape fruit.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pomelo

1858, of uncertain origin; apparently related to Latin pomum "fruit; apple" (see Pomona).

Wiktionary
pomelo

n. 1 A large yellow citrus fruit native to southeastern Asia and Malaysia. It has a sweet flesh and is about 25 centimeter in diameter. 2 A tree which produces pomelos, ''Citrus maxima''. 3 (context now chiefly US and South Africa English) A grapefruit.

WordNet
pomelo
  1. n. southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits [syn: pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock, Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, Citrus decumana]

  2. large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp [syn: shaddock]

Wikipedia
Pomelo

Citrus maxima (or Citrus grandis), (Common names: pomelo, pomello, pummelo, pommelo, pamplemousse, jabong (Hawaii), shaddick, or shaddock) is a natural (non-hybrid) citrus fruit, with the appearance of a big grapefruit, native to South and Southeast Asia.

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.