CITRUS


Meaning of CITRUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-trəs ]

noun

( plural citrus or cit·rus·es )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin

Date: 1825

: any of a group of often thorny trees and shrubs ( Citrus and related genera) of the rue family grown in warm regions for their edible fruit (as the orange or lemon) with firm usually thick rind and pulpy flesh ; also : the fruit

• cit·rusy ˈsi-trə-sē adjective

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