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
Example Sentences
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I see the orange with its golden globes, the sweet lime, the shaddock, and the guava-tree.
From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne
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 Saunders, William
Isaac Martin had been placed as a guard over the Captain, and appeared to favour him, as he enabled him to moisten his parched lips with a shaddock.
From The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Rabanos It is sharp but not pepper; white but not paper; green but not shaddock; guess what that is.
From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick
The shaddock is to be found only in the lower plains.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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