Definition of Genus Citrus

1. Noun. Orange; lemon; lime; etc..


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Citrus

genus Cimex
genus Cimicifuga
genus Cinchona
genus Cinclus
genus Cinnamomum
genus Circaea
genus Circaetus
genus Circus
genus Cirsium
genus Cistothorus
genus Cistus
genus Citellus
genus Citharichthys
genus Citroncirus
genus Citrullus
genus Citrus (current term)
genus Cladonia
genus Cladorhyncus
genus Cladrastis
genus Clangula
genus Clathrus
genus Claviceps
genus Claytonia
genus Cleistes
genus Clematis
genus Cleome
genus Clethra
genus Clethrionomys
genus Clianthus
genus Cliftonia

Literary usage of Genus Citrus

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

1. Citrus Fruits and Their Culture by H. Harold Hume (1911)
"Plants mostly native of tropical countries. Genus. Citrus Linn., Gen. Plant., Ed. 5, 341, 1754. Shrubs or trees, usually with spiny branches. ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"the principal species and varieties of the genus Citrus, and many Cape and Australian plants not before in the garden. ..."

3. The culture of the grape-vine, and the orange, in Australia and New Zealand by George Suttor (1843)
"ON THE genus Citrus. — THE ORANGE. IN my remarks on the China orange and its culture, and on the citrus genus in general, it is not my intention to give a ..."

4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... to citrus- canker of different species and hybrids of the genus Citrus, ... citri has a wide range of hosts and is not limited to the genus Citrus. ..."

5. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1830)
"THE genus Citrus is so generally diffused, and its species have so long been submitted ... The genus Citrus belongs to the natural order AURAN- TI Arr,.r, ..."

6. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"The various species of the genus Citrus are natives of India and the Malay Archipelago. The date of the importation of citrus fruits to America is not known ..."

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