Search Result for "citrus decumana":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forbidden \For*bid"den\, a. Prohibited; interdicted. [1913 Webster] I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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