POMELO

noun (plural -los) Etymology: probably alteration of earlier pompelmous, from Dutch pompelmoes Date: 1858 grapefruit , 2. (or pummelo) a very large thick-rinded usually pear-shaped citrus fruit differing from the closely related grapefruit especially in its loose rind and often coarse dry pulp, a large widely cultivated tropical tree ( Citrus maxima syn. C. grandis ) of southeast Asia that bears ~s