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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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, citrus tree]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

citrus tree \cit"rus tree`\ (s[i^]t"r[u^]s tr[=e]`), n. (Bot.) same as citrus[2]. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Citrus \Cit"rus\ (s[i^]t"r[u^]s), n. [L., a citron tree.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, lime, tangerine, citron, grapefruit, etc., originally natives of southern Asia. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) any tree belonging to the genus Citrus, having leathery evergreen leaves and bearing a soft pulpy fruit covered by a thick skin; -- called also citrus tree. [PJC] 3. (Bot.) the fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Citrus, having a thick shiny skin and a soft, sweet to tart pulp. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

citrus tree n 1: 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, citrus tree]