pommelo

English

Noun

pommelo (plural pommelos or pommeloes)

  1. Alternative spelling of pomelo.
    • 1981, Bhag Singh, Establishment of First Gene Sanctuary in India for Citrus in Garo Hills, Concept, page 67:
      Pommelo has been called by various botanical names. Roxburg (1832) and Lushington (1910) referred to pommelo as C. decumana where- as Chatterjee (1948) indicates that it is more proper to refer it as C. maxima (Burm).
    • 2009, Handbook On Citrus Fruits Cultivation And Oil Extraction, NIIR Project Consultancy Services, page 143:
      Cameron mentioned two hybrid types. One is a hybrid pommelo while the other is a hybrid between pommelo and mandarin. Chandler-an early ripening hybrid pommelo derived from a low acid parent, a cross between pommelo 2240 x pommelo 2241. It combines several of the desirable characteristics of the parent.
    • 2022, Trends in Horticultural Entomology, Springer Nature Singapore, page 346:
      At North Eastern Hilly region of India, Assam lemon (C. limon), Satkara (C. macroptera) and Pommelo (C. grandis) and Kharna Khatta are found to be highly tolerant to the citrus leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton.
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