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Definition of Citrus limetta
1. Noun. Lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp.
Generic synonyms: Genus Citrus, Citrus Limon, Lemon, Lemon Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Citrus Limetta
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., ..."