Why do they call it a Grapefruit when it has nothing to do with grapes?!
Answers: Because of the way it grows: several fruits in a bunch, like grapes.
Because of it's colour.
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Someone smoked too much gaunja before naming the thing
The fruit was first documented in 1750 by the Rev. Griffith Hughes describing specimens from Barbados.[2] Currently, the grapefruit is said to be one of the "Seven Wonders of Barbados."[3] It had developed as a hybrid of the pomelo (Citrus maxima) with the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), though it is closer to the former. It was brought to Florida by Odette Philippe in 1823. Further crosses have produced the tangelo (1905), the minneola (1931), and the sweetie (1984). The sweetie has very small genetic and other differences from pomelo.
The grapefruit was known as the shaddock or shattuck until the 1800s. Its current name alludes to clusters of the fruit on the tree, which often appear similar to grapes. Botanically, it was not distinguished from the pomelo until the 1830s, when it was given the name Citrus paradisi. Its true origins were not determined until the 1940s. This led to the official name being altered to Citrus × paradisi.[4][5] Grapefruit peel oil is used in aromatherapy and it is historically known for its aromatic scent.[6]
The 1929 Ruby Red patent was associated with real commercial success, which came after the discovery of a red grapefruit growing on a pink variety. Only with Ruby Red the grapefruit transformed into a real agricultural fruit. The Red grapefruit, starting from the Ruby Red, has even become a symbol fruit of Texas, where white "inferior" grapefruit were eliminated and only red grapefruit were grown for decades. Using radiation to trigger mutations, new varieties were developed to retain the red tones which typically faded to pink,[7] with Rio Red is the current (2007) Texas grapefruit with registered trademarks Rio Star and Ruby-Sweet, also sometimes promoted as "Reddest" and "Texas Choice".
Probably because grapes were cross grown with another fruit.
cuz they ran out of names and had to think of somthin...
Cuz they felt like it. it is odd though...
I like pomple mousse (french name for it) better!
well actually..why do they call it "fruit" at all???
i mean there is no applefruit...
or orangefruit.....or peachfruit....
sounds to me like they couldn't come up with a name for the doggone thing...
too busy puttin a man on the moon
it has to do with the color and i guess someone just liked that name lol.
Go back to sleep. (Idiot!!)
It has everything to do with a grape.
Supposedly because it grows in clusters like grapes. It does, but they're not really too grapey looking even so.
What does a pineapple have to do with apples? Or pine?
Does a pineapple have any resemblance to your Christmas tree or a regular red apple?
Awesome question...I enjoy grapes and the grapefruit and I too wonder how they got the name.
Because it grows in clusters.