Among the choicest, I would name the mangistan, the durian, and the pumaloe or shaddock. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
The shaddock of Java is a magnificent fruit, and surpasses those of any other country with which I am acquainted. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
“Kubád” = shaddock (citrus decumana): the huge orange which Captain shaddock brought from the West Indies; it is the. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The monstrous shaddock, citrons of all shapes and sizes, oranges and lemons, are all varieties, obtained in the course of long cultivation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827] Reference
And shaddock mid the garden paths, on bough, viii. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
The shaddock, which has the largest fruit of the family. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
Co Co shaddock, Tan Phuoc pineapple and Cho Gao blue dragon. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I had brought from the Friendly Islands several shaddock trees. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16] Reference
"Brother must love you very much to offer you all his shaddock!". From Wordnik.com. [Temper ; or, Domestic scenes : a tale in three volumes] Reference
He has stripped my rails of the shaddock-frails and the green unripened pine. From Wordnik.com. [Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads] Reference
I see the orange with its golden globes, the sweet lime, the shaddock, and the guava-tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Rifle Rangers] Reference
I remember how delicious I thought the shaddock -- which is a fruit something like a very large orange. From Wordnik.com. [Old Jack] Reference
Nelson met with two fine shaddock-trees which he had planted in 1777: they were full of fruit but not ripe. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
The grapefruit did not originate in Jamaica but in Barbados, cross between a shaddock and some sort of orange. From Wordnik.com. [Barbados Underground] Reference
A fig-tree was in a very thriving way, as were two vines, a pineapple plant, and some slips of a shaddock-tree. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
Then all was silence as soon as the rustling and crackling of cane and the heavy shaddock-like foliage had ceased. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop] Reference
Nelson had the gratification to meet with two fine shaddock trees which he had planted in 1777, and which were now full of fruit, but not ripe. From Wordnik.com. [The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences] Reference
Isaac Martin had been placed as a guard over the Captain, and appeared to favour him, as he enabled him to moisten his parched lips with a shaddock. From Wordnik.com. [The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers] Reference
Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1] Reference
"Kubád" = shaddock (citrus decumana): the huge orange which Captain shaddock brought from the West Indies; it is the Anglo-Indian pompelmoose, vulg. pummelo. From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
We walked amongst bananas, shaddock, chirimoyas, and orange trees, and but a few yards higher up, bending over and almost touching them, were groves of oak and pine. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico] Reference
We walked amongst bananas, shaddock, chirimoyas, and orange-trees, and but a few yards higher up, bending over and almost touching them, were groves of oak and pine. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country] Reference
It is about the size of the shaddock, and, when fresh gathered, the flavour of the citron; but it is always eaten baked, when it has the solidity of a roasted chestnut. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage round the World A book for boys] Reference
He then conducted us up to his house, which was situated about three hundred yards from the sea, at the head of a fine lawn, and under the shade of some shaddock trees. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1] Reference
We dined in the house of an old acquaintance of Nelson's for whom he had in 1777 planted the two shaddock plants formerly mentioned which he had brought from the Friendly Islands. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship] Reference
"My dear fellow," quoth Fyall, "we are all very sorry; the fact is, we had some d-- d bad shaddock after dinner, which has made us very giddy and foolish somehow. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
Medium size of shaddock was sold between. From Wordnik.com. [The New Nation] Reference
Composition and food value of or shaddock. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
Held the moist shaddock to his parched mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry] Reference
Until lately he called the grapefruit a shaddock. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4. American and English Today. 2. Differences in Usage] Reference
"know what shaddock is.". From Wordnik.com. [Temper ; or, Domestic scenes : a tale in three volumes] Reference
The fruits are the cocoa, areca, banana, papaya, white and red shaddock, mangostan, rambootang, ananas, and betel. From Wordnik.com. [Old Jack] Reference
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