n.
Pronunciation: ' pä-m ə - ˌ l ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -los
Etymology: probably alteration of earlier pompelmous, from Dutch pompelmoes
Date: 1858
1 : GRAPEFRUIT
2 or pum · me · lo \ ' p ə - \ a : 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 b : a large widely cultivated tropical tree ( Citrus maxima syn. C. grandis ) of southeast Asia that bears pomelos