GRAPEFRUIT Synonyms

• southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits

• large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp

• originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)

• English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

• a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

• a figure that branches from a single root

• force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

• plant with trees

• chase an animal up a tree

• stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree

• southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits

• citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp

• probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges