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UGLI (uglies)

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Irregular inflected form: uglies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ugli mean? 

UGLI (noun)
  The noun UGLI has 1 sense:

1. large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skinplay

  Familiarity information: UGLI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UGLI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

tangelo; ugli; ugli fruit

Hypernyms ("ugli" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("ugli" is a part of...):

Citrus tangelo; tangelo; tangelo tree; ugli fruit (hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida)


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