grape·fruit
(grāp′fro͞ot′)n.
1. A tropical or semitropical evergreen tree (Citrus paradisi) cultivated for its edible fruit.
2. The large, round fruit of this tree, having a yellow rind and juicy, somewhat acid pulp.
[Probably so called because the fruit grows in clusters.]
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grapefruit
(ˈɡreɪpˌfruːt)n, pl -fruit or -fruits
1. (Plants) a tropical or subtropical cultivated evergreen rutaceous tree, Citrus paradisi
2. (Plants) the large round edible fruit of this tree, which has yellow rind and juicy slightly bitter pulp
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grape•fruit
(ˈgreɪpˌfrut)n.
1. a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
2. the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit.
[1805–15; appar. from the resemblance of its clusters to those of grapes]
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| Noun | 1. |  grapefruit - citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulpgrapefruit - large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half genus Citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc. citrus tree, citrus - any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds |
| 2. | grapefruit - large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half grapefruit peel - strips of grapefruit peel cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar citrous fruit, citrus, citrus fruit - any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions Citrus paradisi, grapefruit - citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp |
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Translations
فاكِهة الغريبفروتلَيْمُونُ الـجَّنَة
grapefruit
grapefrugt
grapfrukto
greippi
grejpfrutlimunika
grépfrút
greipaldin
グレープフルーツ
그레이프프루트
greipfrutas
greipfrūts
grapefruit
grenivka
grapefruktgrape
ส้มโอฝรั่ง
quả bưởi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
grapefruit
[ˈgreɪpfruːt] n → pamplemousse m grapefruit juicegrapefruit juice n → jus m de pamplemoussegrape harvest n → vendange fgrape jelly n (US) → gelée f de raisingrape juice n → jus m de raisingrape variety n (used to make wine) → cépage mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grapefruit
(ˈgreipfruːt) – plurals ˈgrapefruit ~ˈgrapefruits – noun (the flesh of) a large yellow-skinned citrus fruit that has a slightly bitter taste.
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grapefruit
→ لَيْمُونُ الـجَّنَة grapefruit grapefrugt Grapefruit γκρέιπφρουτ pomelo greippi pamplemousse grejpfrut pompelmo グレープフルーツ 그레이프프루트 grapefruit grapefrukt grejpfrut toranja, toronja грейпфрут grapefrukt ส้มโอฝรั่ง greyfurt quả bưởi 柚子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
grapefruit
n toronja, pomelo (esp. Esp)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.