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pompelmous

Shaddock \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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pompelmous

n. (context obsolete English) A grapefruit.