Definition of Citrus limetta

1. Noun. Lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp.

Exact synonyms: Sweet Lemon, Sweet Lime
Generic synonyms: Genus Citrus, Citrus Limon, Lemon, Lemon Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrus Limetta

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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
City
City That Never Sleeps
City of Bridges
City of Brotherly Love

Literary usage of Citrus limetta

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

1. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"The juice of the fruit of this variety or species of Citrus under the name Citrus Limetta, Risso, is also recognised in the British Pharmacopoeia, ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"While the lime (citrus limetta, Risso) growing in Southern Europe has a sweet juice, that of the West Indian fruit is acid. ..."

3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"... which bear fruit in a small state are grafted.—Fortune, p. 122. citrus limetta. Risso and PORT. citrus limetta Risso. DC Sweet lime ENO. Citrus hystrix. ..."

4. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"Italian Limette Oil.2 The fruit of the South European limette, citrus limetta Risso (citrus limetta vulgaris, Lima, dulcis. Lima tii Spagna dole., ..."

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