Definition of Citrus aurantium

1. Noun. Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrus Aurantium

Citharichthys
Citharichthys cornutus
Citibank
Citizen Genet
Citizenship Day
Citlali
Citlaltepetl
Citrobacter amalonatica
Citrobacter diversus
Citrobacter koseri
Citroncirus
Citroncirus webberi
Citrullus
Citrullus vulgaris
Citrus aurantifolia
Citrus aurantium
Citrus bergamia
Citrus decumana
Citrus grandis
Citrus limetta
Citrus limon
Citrus limonia
Citrus maxima
Citrus medica
Citrus nobilis
Citrus paradisi
Citrus reticulata
Citrus sinensis
Citrus tangelo
Citta del Vaticano

Literary usage of Citrus aurantium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1842)
"citrus aurantium, sweet «range (flowers and their distilled oil, fruit, rind). Citrus limonum—Lemon (fruit rind, oil of Citrus bergamia (oil of rind). ..."

2. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"citrus aurantium Linn. Naranja de China. Cultivated throughout the peninsula. Merida, April, 1887 (Millspaugh, 26). Tree 20 feet high, ..."

3. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"Orange de Nice (citrus aurantium ... Orange de Malte (citrus aurantium ... Orange h Pulp Rouge (citrus aurantium ..."

4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"In the Pharmacopoeia of India, citrus aurantium, Linn., is called the Sweet and Bitter Orange tree, and the dried outer portion of the rind of the fruit, ..."

5. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"citrus aurantium occurs in two distinct forms, C. (Aurantium) ... have been obtained by grafting between citrus aurantium and C, Limonum. ..."

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