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grapefruit

[ greyp-froot ]

noun

  1. a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
  2. the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit.


grapefruit

/ ˈɡɪˌڰː /

noun

  1. a tropical or subtropical cultivated evergreen rutaceous tree, Citrus paradisi
  2. the large round edible fruit of this tree, which has yellow rind and juicy slightly bitter pulp
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of grapefruit1

1805–15; grape + fruit, apparently from the resemblance of its clusters to those of grapes
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I make Banana Cake and have it covered and ready in the icebox for a week when I have time to squeeze fresh pink grapefruit juice for both breakfast and sunset cocktails.

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Inside its tiny head — about the size of a grapefruit — complex mechanics with around 25 servos were meant to produce subtle facial expressions.

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This makes sparkling sap water with different added flavours, from lime to grapefruit, and lemon to orange.

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California accounts for about 90% of the domestic supply of oranges, mandarins, lemons and grapefruit.

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“All of a sudden my body decided that alcohol is poison,” she told me recently over a bitter grapefruit mocktail at an Italian restaurant.

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