TRIFOLIATE ORANGE


Meaning of TRIFOLIATE ORANGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.