noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈʌɡli/
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rhymes with -ʌɡli
homophone: ugly
1
noun
Meaning 1
Citrus × paradisi, a cross between a tangerine, Citrus reticulata, and a grapefruit Citrus paradisi, grown in the West Indies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ugli fruit, uniq fruit
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tangelo, ugli fruit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: edible fruit
History
Etymology
A proprietary name, as an alteration of ugly, from the fruit's often lumpy and discolored appearance.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
نَرَنْج
(naranj)
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Chinese Mandarin:
牙買加醜橘 /牙买加丑橘
(yámǎijiā chǒujú)
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Danish:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Dutch:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Finnish:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Finnish:
rumeliini
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
French:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Galician:
ghugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
German:
Ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Hungarian:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Hungarian:
ugligyümölcs
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Italian:
mapo
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Japanese:
アグリフルーツ
(agurifurūtsu)
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Norwegian:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Polish:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Portuguese:
ugli-fruit
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Russian:
угли
(ugli)
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Spanish:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Swedish:
ugli
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Turkish:
ugli meyvesi
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Welsh:
oren garw
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Welsh:
oren arw
— cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
