'Pompelmous' definitions:
Definition of 'Pompelmous'
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- Pompelmous \Pom"pel*mous\, n.; pl. Pompelmouses. [D. pompelmoes; cf. G. pompelmuse, F. pamplemousse, and F. pompol['e]on.] (Bot.) A shaddock, esp. one of large size. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pompelmous'
From: GCIDE
- Shaddock \Shad"dock\, n. [Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.] (Bot.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous. [1913 Webster]