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UGLI (UHG-lee)
A
citrus fruit created by hybridizing a grapefruit and a tangerine
Common
clues: Wrinkly fruit; Not a pretty fruit; Jamaican hybrid fruit;
West Indies citrus fruit; Tangelo; Large juicy fruit
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
3 times a year
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Ugli Fruit
Native
to Jamaica, the fruit was first bred in Brown's Town in 1914. It
got its name from the unsightly appearance of its rough, wrinkly
greenish-yellow skin, wrapped loosely around the seedless orange
pulpy citrus inside. An ugli fruit is slightly smaller than a
grapefruit. It tends towards the sweet side of the tangerine
rather than the sour side of its grapefruit lineage. The fruit is
available from December to April.
The
fruit is also described by the distributor as an exotic tangelo.
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