shaddock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shaddock
1690–1700; named after Captain Shaddock, 17th-century Englishman who brought the seed to the West Indies from the East Indies
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The monstrous shaddock, citrons of all shapes and sizes, oranges and lemons, are all varieties, obtained in the course of long cultivation.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various
Pound as much dried orange-peel as will make six ounces when done; the peel of fresh shaddock will be still better; or you may substitute six drachms of the oil of orange-peel.
From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Eliza Leslie
Jamaica has, of course, the usual West Indian fruits, the orange, the shaddock, the lime, the pineapple, the guava, the nispero, the banana, the cocoanut, and many others not much known abroad.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Citrus decumana.—The shaddock, which has the largest fruit of the family.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders
The shaddock of Java is a magnificent fruit, and surpasses those of any other country with which I am acquainted.
From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by G. F. Davidson
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