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CITROUS FRUIT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

Synonyms:

citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("citrous fruit" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Meronyms (parts of "citrous fruit"):

section (a segment of a citrus fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "citrous fruit"):

orange (round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees)

mandarin; mandarin orange (a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China)

kumquat (small oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp)

lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)

lime (the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees)

grapefruit (large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half)

pomelo; shaddock (large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp)

citrange (more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade)

citron (large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved)

Holonyms ("citrous fruit" is a part of...):

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)

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