noun, plural tan·ge·los.
- a hybrid citrus fruit, Citrus tangelo, that is a cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine and is cultivated in several varieties.
noun plural -los
- a hybrid produced by crossing a tangerine tree with a grapefruit tree
- the fruit of this hybrid, having orange acid-tasting flesh
n.“hybrid of a tangerine and a pomelo,” 1904, the word formed like the fruit.