SWEET ORANGE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet orange tree mean? 

• SWEET ORANGE TREE (noun)
  The noun SWEET ORANGE TREE has 1 sense:

1. probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges

  Familiarity information: SWEET ORANGE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET ORANGE TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Citrus sinensis; sweet orange; sweet orange tree

Hypernyms ("sweet orange tree" is a kind of...):

orange; orange tree (any citrus tree bearing oranges)

Meronyms (parts of "sweet orange tree"):

sweet orange (orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin)

Holonyms ("sweet orange tree" is a member of...):

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