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
• Syn: ↑citrus
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
• Hyponyms:
↑orange, ↑orange tree, ↑pomelo, ↑pomelo tree, ↑pummelo, ↑shaddock, ↑Citrus maxima, ↑Citrus grandis, ↑Citrus decumana, ↑citron, ↑citron tree, ↑Citrus medica, ↑grapefruit, ↑Citrus paradisi, ↑mandarin, ↑mandarin orange, ↑mandarin orange tree, ↑Citrus reticulata, ↑tangelo, ↑tangelo tree, ↑ugli fruit, ↑Citrus tangelo, ↑rangpur, ↑rangpur lime, ↑lemanderin, ↑Citrus limonia, ↑lemon, ↑lemon tree, ↑Citrus limon, ↑lime, ↑lime tree, ↑Citrus aurantifolia, ↑citrange, ↑citrange tree, ↑Citroncirus webberi, ↑kumquat, ↑cumquat, ↑kumquat tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Citrus
• Part Meronyms: ↑citrus, ↑citrus fruit, ↑citrous fruit
Useful english dictionary. 2012.