Meanings
plural uglis
- Citrus × paradisi, a cross between a tangerine, Citrus reticulata, and a grapefruit Citrus paradisi, grown in the West Indies.
In a world of fruit — from apples to uglis — why is wine made from grapes?
2009, Wine Enthusiast, volume 22, numbers 8-13, page 36Synonyms: ugli fruit, uniq fruit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounCitrus × paradisi, a cross between a tangerine, Citrus reticulata, and a grapefruit Citrus paradisi, grown in the West Indies.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin
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Origin
A proprietary name, as an alteration of ugly, from the fruit's often lumpy and discolored appearance.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَرَنْج
- نَرَنْج (naranj)cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Chinese Mandarin 牙買加醜橘 /牙买加丑橘
- 牙買加醜橘 /牙买加丑橘 (yámǎijiā chǒujú)cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Danish ugli
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Dutch ugli
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Finnish ugli, rumeliini
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
- rumeliinicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
French ugli
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
German Ugli
- Uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Hungarian ugli, ugligyümölcs
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
- ugligyümölcscross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Italian mapo
- mapocross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Japanese アグリフルーツ
- アグリフルーツ (agurifurūtsu)cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Norwegian ugli
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Polish ugli
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Portuguese ugli-fruit
- ugli-fruitcross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Russian угли
- угли (ugli)cross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Spanish ugli
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Swedish ugli
- uglicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Turkish ugli meyvesi
- ugli meyvesicross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Welsh oren garw, oren arw
- oren garwcross between a tangerine and grapefruit
- oren arwcross between a tangerine and grapefruit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ugli
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Cite this entry
ugli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugli
“ugli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugli. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ugli,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ugli.
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