pummelo
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And "what we think of as mandarins now actually include a lot of things and they have some pummelo genes," Kahn says.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023
This is a hybrid between a pummelo and a white grapefruit, with characteristics of both: a grapefruit's smaller-than-pummelo size and a slight bit of its bitterness, and a pummelo's thick pith and sweet flavor.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023
Long live the Fraud plum, the Golden Gate strawberry, the Memory grape, the Chinese Shaddock pummelo, the Wagner avocado, the Paradise banana, the Dancy tangerine and the Lisbon lime.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2021
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