grapefruit
See also: Grapefruit
English
Etymology
Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape + fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree[1], early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pummelo's botanical names is Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., 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
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- (as grape + fruit, with stress on grape)
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
grapefruit (plural grapefruits or grapefruit)
- The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of pomelo (Citrus maxima) and sweet orange.
- The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
- Synonyms: pomelo, shaddock, forbidden fruit
Synonyms
- (tree): grapefruit tree; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.; Citrus sinensis × Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Citrus sinensis × Citrus maxima
Derived terms
Translations
tree
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fruit
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Further reading
- Template:projectlink
- Citrus paradisi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Citrus paradisi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Category:Grapefruits on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ “Report of the Secretary–the pomelo”, in Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the twenty-first Session of the Legislature of the State of California, volume V, Sacramento, 1895, page 65:
- The pomelo is now marketed under the name “grape-fruit,” which is a misnomer. This is confusing and misleading. The name “grape-fruit” was given to this fruit in Florida, as it hangs on trees in clusters resembling the grape, but has no relation to it whatever. Growers and shippers should drop the name “grape-fruit” and apply to it the name pomelo, which is popular, and botanically correct.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English grapefruit.
Pronunciation
Noun
grapefruit m (plural grapefruits, diminutive grapefruitje n)
- grapefruit (tree of the species Citrus paradisi)
- grapefruit (fruit produced by the tree of the species Citrus paradisi)
See also
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