CITRUS PARADISI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Citrus paradisi mean? 

• CITRUS PARADISI (noun)
  The noun CITRUS PARADISI has 1 sense:

1. citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp

  Familiarity information: CITRUS PARADISI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRUS PARADISI (noun)

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Meaning:

Citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Citrus paradisi; grapefruit

Hypernyms ("Citrus paradisi" 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 "Citrus paradisi"):

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

Holonyms ("Citrus paradisi" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the seeds, pulp, and white membranes of Citrus paradisi.

(Grapefruit Seed Oil, NCI Thesaurus)