tangelo

noun

large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin

hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange

Roots

tanjatang- · Eponym · of Tangier pompelmoes-elo · Dutch · pomelo

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