grapefruit

[ greyp-froot ]

noun
  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.

Origin of grapefruit

1
1805–15; grape + fruit, apparently from the resemblance of its clusters to those of grapes

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British Dictionary definitions for grapefruit

grapefruit

/ (ˈɡreɪpˌfruːt) /


nounplural -fruit or -fruits
  1. a tropical or subtropical cultivated evergreen rutaceous tree, Citrus paradisi

  2. the large round edible fruit of this tree, which has yellow rind and juicy slightly bitter pulp

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