shaddock
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): shattuck, shaddoc, shadock, chaddock, chadock
Etymology
A clipping of earlier shaddock-tree, from a Captain Shaddock of the East India Company who introduced its seeds to Barbados from Southeast Asia.
Noun
shaddock (plural shaddocks)
- Synonym of pomelo, in all its senses including (inexact) grapefruit
Derived terms
- shaddock-tree (dated); shaddock orange (dated); shaddock-bower; shaddock-frail; shaddock-stock
References
- "shaddock, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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