shaddock

[ shad-uh k ]

/ ˈʃæd ək /

pomelo.

Origin of shaddock

1690–1700; named after Captain Shaddock, 17th-century Englishman who brought the seed to the West Indies from the East Indies

Among the choicest, I would name the mangistan, the durian, and the pumaloe or shaddock.

Trade and Travel in the Far East |G. F. Davidson
I hurried on, and reached the Shaddock without interruption.

The Perils and Adventures of Harry Skipwith |W.H.G. Kingston
The shaddock proper, however, is a much larger fruit, frequently weighing from ten to fourteen pounds.

Science in the Kitchen. |Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
For to have the name “Snuffey” brought forward it is what the heart can forgive, but never forget in this valley of the shaddock.

Old Friends |Andrew Lang

I remember how delicious I thought the shaddock—which is a fruit something like a very large orange.

Old Jack |W.H.G. Kingston

shaddock

/ (ˈʃædək) /

another name for pomelo

C17: named after Captain Shaddock, who brought its seed from the East Indies to Jamaica in 1696