different between grapefruit vs pummelo

English

Etymology

Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape +? fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pummelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning "great citrus [fruit]", due to the size of its fruit. A new pummelo variety might first have been called a "greatfruit", and through the process of dissimilation, the word came to be pronounced "grapefruit".

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???e?p.f?u?t/

  (as grape + fruit, with stress on grape)

Noun

grapefruit (plural grapefruits or grapefruit)

1. The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
2. The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.

   Synonyms: pomelo, shaddock, forbidden fruit

Synonyms

• (tree): grapefruit tree; Citrus × paradisi; Citrus sinensis × Citrus grandis, Citrus sinensis × Citrus maxima

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• grapefruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Citrus paradisi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Citrus paradisi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Grapefruits on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English grapefruit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??re?p.frut/
• Hyphenation: grape?fruit

Noun

grapefruit m (plural grapefruits, diminutive grapefruitje n)

1. grapefruit (tree of the species Citrus paradisi)
2. grapefruit (fruit produced by the tree of the species Citrus paradisi)

See also

• pompelmoes

French

Noun

grapefruit m (plural grapefruits)

1. (Switzerland) grapefruit

   Synonym: pamplemousse

English

Noun

pummelo (plural pummelos or pummeloes)

1. Alternative spelling of pomelo [since the 19th century]