Associations to the word «Ugli»

Wiktionary

UGLI, noun. Citrus × paradisi, a cross between a tangerine, Citrus reticulata and grapefruit Citrus paradisi, grown in the West Indies.
UGLI FRUIT, noun. A cross between a tangerine and grapefruit, grown in the West Indies
UGLI FRUITS, noun. Plural of ugli fruit

Dictionary definition

UGLI, noun. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats