tangelo

Plural: tangeloes, tangelos

Noun

• A hybrid citrus fruit, a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo.
• hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
• large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
• A citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo or a grapefruit.
• A red-orange colour, like that of a tangelo.

Examples

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Synonyms

Citrus tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli, ugli fruit, Citrus aurantium Tangelo Group [= Citrus ×paradisi × Citrus reticulata], uglifruit

Related Words

orangelo