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shaddock

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Pronunciation
/ˈʃadək/(UK)
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Definition of shaddock

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Synonym of pomelo, in all its senses including (inexact) grapefruit.
    “Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of a tropical sun, for it will not thrive even at Tondano a thousand feet lower.”
    “Elizabeth Millar had five acres under shaddocks, callaloo, peppers and calabash.”
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noun

  1. Synonym of pomelo, in all its senses including (inexact) grapefruit.
    “Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of a tropical sun, for it will not thrive even at Tondano a thousand feet lower.”
    “Elizabeth Millar had five acres under shaddocks, callaloo, peppers and calabash.”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

A clipping of earlier shaddock-tree. Popularly claimed to be from a "Captain Shaddock" of the British East India Company who introduced its seeds to Barbados from Southeast Asia. However, there…

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A clipping of earlier shaddock-tree. Popularly claimed to be from a "Captain Shaddock" of the British East India Company who introduced its seeds to Barbados from Southeast Asia. However, there are various historical problems concerning this lore, mainly pertaining to records of the purported seaman's surname; for one thorough review see this article by Shattocke Family history here (nota bene: Dead link. Try similar substitute page). Compare etymology of shrapnel, veritably also from a British officer's surname. The surname itself is of Old English origin; probably from or related to Chaddock at Lancashire, an estate in the township of Tyldesley, in the parish of Leigh (see Chaddock Hall). The second particle may be descended from the diminutive suffix -ock, but it is more likely ultimately cognate with English oak. However, Shaddock is an attested old variant of the name Chadwick and it may simply be from that.

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