ugli fruit


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Noun1.ugli fruit - hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orangeugli fruit - hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
Citrus tangelo, tangelo, tangelo tree
ugli, ugli fruit, tangelo - large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
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.ugli fruit - large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skinugli fruit - large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
ugli, tangelo
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Citrus tangelo, tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit - hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
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Ugli fruit is a cross between a mandarin orange and what other fruit?
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1 THE Ugli fruit is a member of the citrus family and is so called because of its appearance.
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"I suppose, by comparison with an ugli fruit, for example, one might consider grapes to be good-looking," I said, "but that, I would submit, is more due to the ugliness of the ugli than the beauty of the grape.
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Less popular varieties include citron, kaffir lime, bitter orange, pomelo, Ugli fruit, yuzu, and tangelo.
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