grapefruit

[ greyp-froot ]

/ ˈgreɪpˌfrut /

a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.

the tropical or semitropical tree, Citrus paradisi, yielding this fruit.

Origin of grapefruit

1805–15; grape + fruit, apparently from the resemblance of its clusters to those of grapes

There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.

Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail |Carrie Arnold |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That something unexpected was a tumor the size of a grapefruit in his chest.

When Harry Met Cancer |Itay Hod |April 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Harry Hudson was about to launch a music career when he found a tumor the size of a grapefruit in his chest.

When Harry Met Cancer |Itay Hod |April 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Gripping a stone the size of a grapefruit, he strode toward Ueli Steck, a Swiss climber who had offended him.

Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling |Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Interesting juice choices like a liver detox or kryptonite mix flavors, like carrot and ginger with apple and grapefruit.

Gal With a Suitcase |Jolie Hunt |February 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Serve either in sherry glasses, lemon, orange or grapefruit shells.

Dinners and Luncheons |Paul Pierce
Place a cube in the center of the grapefruit circle on each side plate.

A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband |Louise Bennett Weaver
The loading of the grapefruit with the aid of so many strong and willing hands was but the work of a few hours.

Forbidden Cargoes |Roy J. Snell
But a glass of bitters, followed by half a grapefruit and a large cup of coffee, made him more nearly his usual cheerful self.

Thirty |Howard Vincent O'Brien
The truck reached its destination late on the second evening and piled out its passengers at a grapefruit camp.

Across the Fruited Plain |Florence Crannell Means

grapefruit

/ (ˈɡreɪpˌfruːt) /

a tropical or subtropical cultivated evergreen rutaceous tree, Citrus paradisi

the large round edible fruit of this tree, which has yellow rind and juicy slightly bitter pulp