tangelo

[tan-juh-loh]

noun, plural tan·ge·los.

a hybrid citrus fruit, Citrus tangelo, that is a cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine and is cultivated in several varieties.

Origin of tangelo

First recorded in 1900–05; tang(erine) + (pom)elo

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British Dictionary definitions for tangelo

tangelo

noun plural -los

a hybrid produced by crossing a tangerine tree with a grapefruit tree

the fruit of this hybrid, having orange acid-tasting flesh

Word Origin for tangelo

C20: from tang (erine) + (pom) elo

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Word Origin and History for tangelo

"hybrid of a tangerine and a pomelo," 1904, the word formed like the fruit.