Shaddock
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Shaddock can refer to
  • NATO codenames for Soviet missiles:
    • P-5 Pyatyorka (SS-N-3 Shaddock)
    • SPU-35V Redut (SSC-1B Shaddock)
  • Citrus
    Citrus
    Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the rue family, Rutaceae. Citrus is believed to have originated in the part of Southeast Asia bordered by Northeastern India, Myanmar and the Yunnan province of China...

     fruit:
    • Pomelo
      Pomelo
      The pomelo is a citrus fruit native to Southeast Asia. It is usually pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white flesh and very thick albedo . It is the largest citrus fruit, 15–25 cm in diameter, and usually weighing 1–2 kg...

       (pummelo), Citrus maxima
    • Grapefruit
      Grapefruit
      The grapefruit , is a subtropical citrus tree known for its sour fruit, an 18th-century hybrid first bred in Barbados. When found, it was named the "forbidden fruit"; it has also been misidentified with the pomelo or shaddock , one of the parents of this hybrid, the other being sweet orange The...

      , Citrus × paradisi
  • Captain Shaddock, who introduced the pomelo to the West Indies in the 17th century
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