CITRUS FRUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does citrus fruit mean? 

• CITRUS FRUIT (noun)
  The noun CITRUS FRUIT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CITRUS FRUIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRUS FRUIT (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "citrus fruit"):

section (a segment of a citrus fruit)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)

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

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

Holonyms ("citrus 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)