pomelo

Other forms of pomelo

plural

pomeloes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pomelo

What does pomelo mean?

pomelo means "southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pomelo?

pomelo has 3 syllables: po-me-lo. The stress falls on "po".

What is another word for pomelo?

Close synonyms include pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock, Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pomelo a common word?

pomelo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.