citrus : Idioms & Phrases

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candied citrus peel

  • noun strips of citrus peel cooked in a sugar syrup
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citrus aurantifolia

  • noun any of various related trees bearing limes
    lime tree; lime.
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citrus aurantium

  • noun any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock
    sour orange; bitter orange tree; bigarade; bitter orange; marmalade orange; Seville orange.
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citrus bergamia

  • noun small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
    bergamot orange; bergamot.
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citrus decumana

  • noun southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
    pummelo; Citrus decumana; pomelo; pomelo tree; Citrus grandis; shaddock.
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citrus fruit

  • noun any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
    citrus; citrous fruit.
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citrus grandis

  • noun southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
    pummelo; Citrus decumana; pomelo; pomelo tree; Citrus grandis; shaddock.
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citrus limetta

  • noun lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp
    sweet lime; sweet lemon.
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citrus limon

  • noun a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
    lemon; lemon tree.
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citrus limonia

  • noun hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
    rangpur; rangpur lime; lemanderin.
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citrus maxima

  • noun southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
    pummelo; Citrus decumana; pomelo; pomelo tree; Citrus grandis; shaddock.
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citrus mealybug

  • noun feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus
    Planococcus citri.
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citrus medica

  • noun thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind
    citron tree; citron.
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citrus nobilis

  • noun large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
    temple orange; king orange; tangor; temple orange tree.
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citrus paradisi

  • noun citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp
    grapefruit.
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citrus reticulata

  • noun 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
    mandarin; mandarin orange tree; mandarin orange.
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citrus sinensis

  • noun probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
    sweet orange; sweet orange tree.
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citrus tangelo

  • noun hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
    tangelo tree; ugli fruit; tangelo.
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citrus tree

  • noun 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
    citrus.
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citrus whitefly

  • noun whitefly that attacks citrus trees
    Dialeurodes citri.
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genus citrus

  • noun orange; lemon; lime; etc.
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