ˈshadək noun
( -s )
Etymology: after Captain Shaddock, 17th century English ship commander who brought the seed from the East Indies to Barbados in 1696
1. : a very large thick-rinded typically pear-shaped citrus fruit closely related to the grapefruit but differing especially in its loose rind and often rather coarse dry pulp — called also pomelo
2. also shaddock tree : a small round-headed citrus tree ( Citrus grandis ) that produces shaddocks and is probably native to southeastern Asia or the Pacific islands but is widespread in warm regions as an escape though largely replaced in cultivation by the grapefruit