English > genus Citrus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | orange; lemon; lime; etc.. |
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| Member of | Rutaceae, family Rutaceae, rue family | A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales |
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| Members | 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 |
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| grapefruit, Citrus paradisi | citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid 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 |
| sour orange, Seville orange, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, bigarade, marmalade orange, Citrus aurantium | Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit |
| sweet orange, sweet orange tree, Citrus sinensis | probably native to southern China |
| tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit, Citrus tangelo | hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange |
| temple orange, temple orange tree, tangor, king orange, Citrus nobilis | large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled |
| Narrower | sweet lemon, sweet lime, Citrus limetta | lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp |
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| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | género citrus, genus citrus |
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| Catalan | genus citrus |
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