genus citrus

1. is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   subtypes: citrus limetta, sweet lemon, sweet lime - lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp
   member holonym:

   • 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
   • orange, orange tree - any citrus tree bearing oranges
   • bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, citrus aurantium, marmalade orange, seville orange, sour orange - any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
   • citrus decumana, citrus grandis, citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock - southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
   • citrus paradisi, grapefruit - citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp
   • citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree - shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
   • citrus sinensis, sweet orange, sweet orange tree - probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
   • citrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange tree - large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
   • citrus tangelo, tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruit - hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
   • citrus limonia, lemanderin, rangpur, rangpur lime - hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
   • citrus limon, lemon, lemon tree - a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
   • citrus aurantifolia, lime, lime tree - any of various related trees bearing limes
   belongs to: 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

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