shaddock

American  

[shad-uhk] / ˈʃæd ək /

noun

1. pomelo.

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shaddock British  

/ ˈʃædək /

noun

1. another name for pomelo

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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

We walked amongst bananas, shaddock, chirimoyas, and orange trees, and but a few yards higher up, bending over and almost touching them, were groves of oak and pine.

From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)

And shaddock mid the garden paths, on bough, viii.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

A large fruit known by this name in the East Indies, but in the West by that of shaddock, after Captain Shaddock, who introduced it there.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

I had brought from the Friendly Islands several shaddock trees.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

The air was full of sweet perfume from the white blossoms of the shaddock, contrasting with the deep glossy green of its thick-set leaves, the spicy pimento and cinnamon trees being also noticeable.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray