English > citrus: 2 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonym | citrus tree |
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| Member of | genus Citrus | orange |
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| Parts | citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit | Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp |
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| Narrower | citrange, citrange tree, Citroncirus webberi | More aromatic and acidic than oranges |
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| citron, citron tree, Citrus medica | thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind |
| grapefruit, Citrus paradisi | citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp |
| kumquat, cumquat, kumquat tree | Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp |
| lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon | A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit |
| lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia | Any of various related trees bearing limes |
| mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata | shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed |
| orange, orange tree | Any citrus tree bearing oranges |
| pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock, Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis, Citrus decumana | Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits |
| rangpur, rangpur lime, lemanderin, Citrus limonia | hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel |
| tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit, Citrus tangelo | hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange |
| Broader | fruit tree | Tree bearing edible fruit |
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| Spanish | cítrico |
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| Catalan | cítric |
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| Adjectives | citrous | of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus |
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