TRIFOLIATE ORANGE


Meaning of TRIFOLIATE ORANGE in English

noun Date: circa 1900 a thorny Chinese tree ( Poncirus trifoliata ) of the rue family related to the citruses that has trifoliolate leaves and a sour yellow fruit resembling a small orange and that is grown for ornament or hedges or used as a rootstock for citrus fruits

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