GRAPEFRUIT


Meaning of GRAPEFRUIT in English

/grayp"frooht'/ , n.

1. a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.

2. the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit.

[ 1805-15; GRAPE + FRUIT, appar. from the resemblance of its clusters to those of grapes ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .