grapefruit league: Meaning and Definition of

grape'fruit league"

Pronunciation: [key]
— Baseball Informal. Baseball Informal.
  1. a series of training games played by major-league teams before the opening of the season (so named because they take place in the citrus-growing South, as in Florida).
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