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Word: citrus (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of, or relating to citrus plants or fruit.

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Noun:

  • Any of several shrubs or trees of the family Rutaceae.
  • The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin called zest, an inner white skin, and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.

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