pumelo
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She waved her hand, staring with dreamy vacancy, while Lingard looked at her, and squatting down groped under the table after the pumelo.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
The child had one arm round his neck, and with the other she hugged a ripe pumelo nearly as big as her own head.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
"Pick up my pumelo, O Rajah of the sea!" she said, speaking in a high-pitched, clear voice with great volubility.
From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph
Among the fruits grown are the date, mulberry, orange, lemon, pumelo, persimmon, lichi, pomegranate, pineapple, fig, coconut, mango, and banana, besides the usual kinds common in Western countries.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
It was only after the pumelo had been given to Pan-Erh, and that the 'Buddha's hand' had, by dint of much humouring, been got from Pan Erh and given to her, that she stopped crying.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
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