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 Dictionary entry overview: What does citrus mean? 

• CITRUS (noun)
  The noun CITRUS has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: CITRUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit

Hypernyms ("citrus" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Meronyms (parts of "citrus"):

section (a segment of a citrus fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citrus"):

mandarin; mandarin orange (a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China)

kumquat (small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp)

lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)

lime (the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees)

grapefruit (large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half)

pomelo; shaddock (large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp)

citrange (more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade)

citron (large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved)

orange (round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees)

Holonyms ("citrus" is a part 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)

Derivation:

citrous (of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

citrus; citrus tree

Hypernyms ("citrus" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "citrus"):

citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citrus"):

cumquat; kumquat; kumquat tree (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp)

citrange; citrange tree; Citroncirus webberi (more aromatic and acidic than oranges)

Citrus aurantifolia; lime; lime tree (any of various related trees bearing limes)

Citrus limon; lemon; lemon tree (a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit)

Citrus limonia; lemanderin; rangpur; rangpur lime (hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel)

Citrus tangelo; tangelo; tangelo tree; ugli fruit (hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida)

Citrus reticulata; mandarin; mandarin orange; mandarin orange tree (shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia)

Citrus paradisi; grapefruit (citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp)

citron; citron tree; Citrus medica (thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind)

Citrus decumana; Citrus grandis; Citrus maxima; pomelo; pomelo tree; pummelo; shaddock (southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits)

orange; orange tree (any citrus tree bearing oranges)

Holonyms ("citrus" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

Derivation:

citrous (of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus)

 Context examples 

An oral dietary supplement containing a natural cyclic monoterpene and major component of the oil extracted from citrus peels with potential chemopreventive and antitumor activities.

(Limonene, NCI Thesaurus)

Blue citrus contains large amounts of limonene, citral and synephrine, which may attribute to its analgesic activity.

(Blue Citrus-Based Herbal Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)

Additionally, it is used as a citrus flavoring agent.

(Citrus bergamia Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles citrus.

(Citrus Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

Dietary fiber source, extracted from rind of citrus fruits, and used as a gelling agent.

(Citrus Pectin, NCI Thesaurus)

Found in citrus and other fruits, and in vegetables, vitamin C cannot be produced or stored by humans and must be obtained in the diet.

(Ascorbic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A racemic mixture of limonene, a natural cyclic monoterpene and major component of the oil extracted from citrus rind with chemo-preventive and antitumor activities.

(Limonene, (+/-)-, NCI Thesaurus)

Initial testing was conducted using citrus seedlings. (As Monte pointed out, Brazil is the leading global seedling producer, and these seedlings are grown indoors, in contamination-free environments).

(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)

A modified citrus pectin exhibiting antimetastatic activity.

(GBC-590, NCI Thesaurus)

A tricarboxylic acid found in citrus fruits.

(Anhydrous Citric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)