name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shaddock
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈʃadək/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈʃædək/
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CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 D AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of pomelo, in all its senses including (inexact) grapefruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pomelo, in all its senses including
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pomelo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit
noun
Meaning 4
southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, Citrus decumana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: citrus, citrus tree
History
Etymology
Altered form of Chadwick.
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.