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grapefruit
[ greyp-froot ]
noun
- a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit.
grapefruit
/ ˈɡɪˌڰː /
noun
- a tropical or subtropical cultivated evergreen rutaceous tree, Citrus paradisi
- the large round edible fruit of this tree, which has yellow rind and juicy slightly bitter pulp
Word History and Origins
Origin of grapefruit1
Example Sentences
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.
Inside its tiny head — about the size of a grapefruit — complex mechanics with around 25 servos were meant to produce subtle facial expressions.
This makes sparkling sap water with different added flavours, from lime to grapefruit, and lemon to orange.
California accounts for about 90% of the domestic supply of oranges, mandarins, lemons and grapefruit.
“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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