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the fruit so confident in its flavor it weaponized the insult as a trademark
means A Jamaican citrus fruit (a tangelo, crossing grapefruit with tangerine and orange) known for its loose, wrinkled, blotchy rind and sweet flesh, sold under the trademarked name Ugli.
from A deliberate respelling of "ugly," itself from Old Norse "uggligr" meaning dreadful or fearful (from "uggr," fear). The fruit was discovered growing in Jamaica in the early 20th century and trademarked under the name Ugli by Cabel Hall Citrus — the producers leaning into the fruit's homely appearance rather than hiding it.
- trademarked name
- Ugli is a registered brand from Jamaica
- surprise parents
- Accidental cross of grapefruit, orange, and tangerine
- sweeter inside
- Bumpy ugly rind hides juicy seedless flesh
- also called
- Sold elsewhere as the prettier tangelo
- discovered wild
- Found growing untended in Jamaica around 1914
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ugli fruit — jamaican citrus hybrid created in 1914, trademarked as 'ugli' brand in 1940s