PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Poncirus trifoliata mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Poncirus trifoliata; trifoliata; trifoliate orange; wild orange

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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

genus Poncirus; Poncirus (one species: trifoliate orange)