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Citrus   /sˈɪtrəs/   Listen
Citrus

noun
1.
Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions.  Synonyms: citrous fruit, citrus fruit.
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.  Synonym: citrus tree.



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"Citrus" Quotes from Famous Books



... However, the family need not be deprived of fruit salads during the winter when fresh fruits cannot be secured, for delicious salads can be made from canned and dried fruits, as well as from bananas and citrus fruits, which are usually ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... companies who seek purchasers for their holdings, own a large part of the territory, they still constitute a minority of the population. Many of the settlers, probably most of them, are industrious and persistent in their various productive activities. Their specialty is citrus fruits, but their products are not limited to that line. More than a few have tried their little experiment in pioneering, and have returned to their home land more or less disgusted with their experience. Those who have remained, and have worked faithfully and intelligently, ...
— Cuba, Old and New • Albert Gardner Robinson

... surface is categorized as arable land - land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest (wheat, maize, rice); permanent crops - land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest (citrus, coffee, rubber); meadows and pastures - land permanently used for herbaceous forage crops; forest and woodland - under dense or open stands of trees; and other - any land type not specifically mentioned ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency



Words linked to "Citrus" :   Citrus medica, lime, mandarin, orange, citrous, citrous fruit, citrus whitefly, Citrus decumana, shaddock, grapefruit, section, citron, cumquat, citron tree, Citrus aurantifolia, orange tree, fruit tree, tangelo tree, mandarin orange tree, lime tree, edible fruit, lemanderin, citrange tree, rangpur, rangpur lime, kumquat, pomelo, mandarin orange, Citrus sinensis, lemon tree, pomelo tree, pummelo, lemon, tangelo, citrange, kumquat tree, ugli fruit, Citrus paradisi, Citroncirus webberi



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