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Definition of Citrus

1. Noun. Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions.

2. Noun. 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.

Definition of Citrus

1. n. A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

Definition of Citrus

1. Noun. Any of several shrubs or trees of the family Rutaceae. ¹

2. Noun. The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin called zest, an inner white skin, and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron. ¹

3. Adjective. Of, or relating to citrus plants or fruit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Citrus

1. any of a genus of tropical, fruit-bearing trees [n -ES] : CITRUSY [adj]

Medical Definition of Citrus

1. Any tree or shrub of the rue family or the fruit of these plants. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrus

citronwood citrophilous mealybug citrophilus mealybug citrostadienol citrous citrous fruit citrovorum citrovorum factor citruline citrullinaemia

citrullinated citrullination citrulline citrullines citrullinuria citrus (current term) citrus fruit citrus fruits citrus greening citrus mealybug

citrus tree citrus whitefly citruses citruslike citrusy cits cittern cittern-head cittern-heads citterns

Literary usage of Citrus

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

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"39; analyses of oranges and lemons from Riverside citrus Fair. ... The four citrus belts of the northern hemisphere; tables showing average ann. and winter ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1901)
"Reciprocity Tariff on citrus Fruits.—The following resolution was presented by GEORGE FROST of ... Under the Dingley Tariff Bill, the duty on citrus fruits ..."

3. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"citrus AURAN'TIUM. The systematic name of the Orange Tree, Auran'tium, ... and used as a beverage in febrile and scorbutic affections. citrus ..."

4. 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, ..."

5. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"SUSCEPTIBILITY OF NON-citrus PLANTS TO BACTERIUM CITRI RA JEHLE WITH THREE FIGURES IN THE TEXT Various non-citrus plants have been inoculated with pure ..."

6. Trust Laws and Unfair Competition by United States Bureau of Corporations, Joseph E. Davies (1916)
"citrus Products Law.—A la^ was passed on July 5, 1908,2 which established a commission for the promotion of the citrus products industry. ..."

7. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"SOME INSECTS INJURIOUS TO citrus FRUITS* Scale Insects f THERE are many scale ... It is found for the most part on citrus fruits and is of world-wide ..."

8. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"SOME INSECTS INJURIOUS TO citrus FRUITS* Scale Insects f THERE are many scale ... It is found for the most part on citrus fruits and is of world-wide ..."

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