PONCIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Poncirus mean? 

• PONCIRUS (noun)
  The noun PONCIRUS has 1 sense:

1. one species: trifoliate orange

  Familiarity information: PONCIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONCIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: trifoliate orange

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Poncirus; Poncirus

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Poncirus"):

Poncirus trifoliata; trifoliata; trifoliate orange; wild orange (small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges)

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

family Rutaceae; rue family; Rutaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent)