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adj
Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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noun
Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
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noun
The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.
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noun
any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: citrus fruit, citrous fruit
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Broader terms: edible fruit
Narrower terms: orange, mandarin, mandarin orange, kumquat, lemon, lime, grapefruit, pomelo, shaddock, citrange, citron
noun
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: citrus tree
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Broader terms: fruit tree
Narrower terms: orange, orange tree, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock, Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, Citrus decumana, citron, citron tree, Citrus medica, grapefruit, Citrus paradisi, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata, tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit, Citrus tangelo, rangpur, rangpur lime, lemanderin, Citrus limonia, lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon, lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia, citrange, citrange tree, Citroncirus webberi, kumquat, cumquat, kumquat tree
History
From Latin citrus (“a citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
