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Definition of Citrous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus. "A citrous disease"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus. "The citrus production of Florida"

Definition of Citrous

1. pertaining to a citrus tree [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrous

citronella citronella oil citronellal citronellals citronellas citronellic citronellic acid citronellol citronellols citronellyl

citrons citronwood citrophilous mealybug citrophilus mealybug citrostadienol citrous (current term) citrous fruit citrovorum citrovorum factor citruline

citrullinaemia citrullinated citrullination citrulline citrullines citrullinuria citrus citrus fruit citrus fruits citrus greening

Literary usage of Citrous

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

1. The World's Food Resources by Joseph Russell Smith (1919)
"CHAPTER XXI • citrous FRUITS AND THE GRAPE THE COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES OF citrous FRUITS THE citrous fruits, including the orange, the lemon, the lime, ..."

2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"Breeding citrous Fruits All possible combinations of citrous fruits are being made at the Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, Cal., according to Director ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"The conditions are now all favorable in Porto Rico for the growth of citrous fruits in their perfection. Repeated destructive freezes in Florida have ruined ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"S OF citrous FRUITS NOW BEING STUDIED AT EUSTIS, ... THE paper gives short accounts of the principal diseases of citrous fruits not caused by insects, viz., ..."

5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"THK paper gives short accounts of the principal diseases of citrous fruits not caused by insects, viz., blight, mal di gomma, die-back and scab, ..."

6. Agricultural Commerce: The Organization of American Commerce in Agricultural by Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1915)
"... Non-citrous Tropical and Sub-tropical Fruits.—Though the citrus fruits constitute the main group of tropical and sub-tropical fruits grown in the United ..."

7. Agricultural Commerce: The Organization of American Commerce in Agricultural by Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1915)
"... Non-citrous Tropical and Sub-tropical Fruits.—Though the citrus fruits constitute the main group of tropical and sub-tropical fruits grown in the United ..."

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