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  • 11citrus — cit·rus si trəs n, often attrib 1) cap a genus of often thorny trees and shrubs of the rue family (Rutaceae) grown in warm regions for their edible fruit (as the orange, lemon, lime, or mandarin) with firm usu. thick rind and pulpy flesh 2) pl… …

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  • 12Citrus — ? Цитрусовые Плоды цитрусовых растений: лимон, лайм, апельсин, мандарин Научная классификация …

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  • 13Citrus Japonica — kumquat kum quat, n. [Chin. kin keu.] (Bot.) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus {Fortunella} (formerly {Citrus}) of the rue family ({Rutaceae}) (especially {Citrus Japonica}) growing in China and Japan bearing small orange colored edible …

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  • 14citrus canker — noun : a destructive disease of citrus fruits caused by a bacterium (Xanthomonas citri) producing lesions on the leaves, twigs, and fruits * * * Plant Pathol. a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by… …

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  • 15citrus — cit|rus [ˈsıtrəs] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Modern Latin; Origin: Latin, citron tree ] 1.) also citrus tree a type of tree that produces citrus fruits 2.) also citrus fruit a fruit with thick skin, such as an orange or ↑ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16citrus — [19] Latin citrus signified the ‘citron’, a tree (Citrus medica) of Asian origin with a lemon like fruit which was the earliest of the citrus fruits to become known in the West. Like the fruit itself, the name is presumably of Eastern origin –… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 17citrus — [19] Latin citrus signified the ‘citron’, a tree (Citrus medica) of Asian origin with a lemon like fruit which was the earliest of the citrus fruits to become known in the West. Like the fruit itself, the name is presumably of Eastern origin –… …

    Word origins

  • 18citrus — also citrus tree noun (C) a type of tree that produces citrus fruits citrus, citrous adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19Citrus decumana — Forbidden For*bid den, a. Prohibited; interdicted. [1913 Webster] I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Forbidden fruit}. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden… …

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  • 20Citrus japonica 'Margarita' — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …

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