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dzudndlf | 5 years ago | on: From its name to its drug interactions, there’s a lot going on with grapefruit

Although “pomelo” in Spanish translates (typically) to “grapefruit”, “pomelo” in English refers to another fruit, that is like a grapefruit.

Turns out English is surprisingly rich when it comes to describing citrus. The citrus family hybridizes very easily, so every planted seed will give you a “new species” with a unique cultivar. English appears to have assigned more unique names to citrus than the other two languages I know (Italian and Spanish)