Hypertext Webster Gateway: "citrus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Citrus \Cit"rus\ (s[i^]t"r[u^]s), n. [L., a citron tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc.,
originally natives of southern Asia.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
citrus
adj 1: of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus; "a citrous
disease" [syn: {citrous}]
2: of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the
genus Citrus; "the citrus production of Florida" [syn: {citrous}]
n 1: any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind
and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions [syn: {citrus
fruit}]
2: 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 [syn: {citrus tree}]
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