Definition of Tangelo

1. Noun. Hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida.

Exact synonyms: Citrus Tangelo, Tangelo Tree, Ugli Fruit
Terms within: Ugli, Ugli Fruit
Group relationships: Genus Citrus
Generic synonyms: Citrus, Citrus Tree

2. Noun. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
Exact synonyms: Ugli, Ugli Fruit
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Citrus Tangelo, Tangelo Tree, Ugli Fruit

Definition of Tangelo

1. n. A hybrid between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit, or pomelo; also, the fruit.

Definition of Tangelo

1. Noun. A citrus fruit that is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo or a grapefruit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tangelo

1. a citrus fruit [n -LOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangelo

tandoor
tandoori
tandooris
tandoors
tandospirone
tane
tanekaha
tanespimycin
taneyamalite
tanezumab
tanga
tangalung
tangas
tanged
tangelo (current term)
tangelo tree
tangelos
tangence
tangences
tangencies
tangency
tangent
tangent plane
tangent screen
tangental
tangential
tangential wound
tangentiality
tangentially

Literary usage of Tangelo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"(X>S) The resulting hybrid, named Sampson tangelo by HJ Webber and the writer (United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook, 1904) does not closely ..."

2. Plant-breeding: Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1912)
"One variety of tangelo has already been named the Sampson (Fig. ... Withal the tangelo is an excellent dessert fruit and an interesting and valuable ..."

3. Plant-breeding; Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1906)
"One variety of tangelo has already been named the Sampson (Fig. ... The tangelo produces a fruit intermediate between the tangerine and pomelo, ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"The tangelo, the result of a cross between the tangerine orange and the grapefruit ... The Sampson tangelo, obtained by the writer in 1897 by crossing the ..."

5. The New Agriculture: A Popular Outline of the Changes which are by Thomas Byard Collins (1906)
"Sampson tangelo much reduced. 59. Pomelo or grape fruit, mother parent. Daney tangerine, male parent. Sampson tangelo and hybrid from seed of same. 60. ..."

6. Adventure Guide to the Bahamas by Blair Howard (2002)
"Wood Cay The tangelo Hotel, on the main highway in Wood Cay, ... IT 242-359-6536 for reservations, or write to The tangelo Hotel, PO Box 830, Cooper's Town, ..."

7. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1905)
"USES OF THE tangelo. The Nocatee tangelo, which has been previously described, ... The Sampson tangelo, however, is very likely to become an important ..."

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