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CITRANGE TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does citrange tree mean?
• CITRANGE TREE (noun)
The noun CITRANGE TREE has 1 sense:
1. more aromatic and acidic than oranges
Familiarity information: CITRANGE TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
More aromatic and acidic than oranges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
citrange; citrange tree; Citroncirus webberi
Hypernyms ("citrange tree" is a kind of...):
citrus; citrus tree (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)
Meronyms (parts of "citrange tree"):
citrange (more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade)
Holonyms ("citrange tree" is a member of...):
Citroncirus; genus Citroncirus (a cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata)
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