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  • Ugli
    Ugli
    a large, sweet variety of tangelo, of Jamaican origin, having rough, wrinkled, yellowish skin.
  • UGLI
    UGLI
    noun
    a large juicy yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the Caribbean: a cross between a tangerine, grapefruit, and orange

Ugli

American  
[uhg-lee] / ˈʌg li /
Trademark.
  1. a large, sweet variety of tangelo, of Jamaican origin, having rough, wrinkled, yellowish skin.


UGLI British  
/ ˈʌɡlɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: UGLI fruit.  a large juicy yellow-skinned citrus fruit of the Caribbean: a cross between a tangerine, grapefruit, and orange

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of UGLI

C20: probably an alteration of ugly , referring to its wrinkled skin

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