citrus_fruit (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *citrus fruit*:
NOUN	food	citrus fruit, citrus, citrous fruit	any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp

English > *citrus fruit*: 1 sense > noun 1, food
Meaning	Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions.
Synonyms	citrus, citrous fruit
Part of	citrus, citrus tree	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
Parts	section	A segment of a citrus fruit
Narrower	citrange	More aromatic and acid tasting than oranges
	citron	large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind
	grapefruit	large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp
	kumquat	small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp
	lemon	yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
	lime	The green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
	mandarin, mandarin orange	A somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China
	orange	round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
	pomelo, shaddock	large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp
Broader	edible fruit	edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Spanish	cítrico, citrus, fruta cítrica
Catalan	cítric, cítrics, fruita cítrica

HyperDic: citrus_fruit