citrus tree

noun

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

• Syn: ↑citrus

• Derivationally related forms: ↑citrous (for: ↑citrus)

• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree

• Hyponyms:

↑orange, ↑orange tree, ↑pomelo, ↑pomelo tree, ↑pummelo, ↑shaddock, ↑Citrus maxima, ↑Citrus grandis, ↑Citrus decumana, ↑citron, ↑citron tree, ↑Citrus medica, ↑grapefruit, ↑Citrus paradisi, ↑mandarin, ↑mandarin orange, ↑mandarin orange tree, ↑Citrus reticulata, ↑tangelo, ↑tangelo tree, ↑ugli fruit, ↑Citrus tangelo, ↑rangpur, ↑rangpur lime, ↑lemanderin, ↑Citrus limonia, ↑lemon, ↑lemon tree, ↑Citrus limon, ↑lime, ↑lime tree, ↑Citrus aurantifolia, ↑citrange, ↑citrange tree, ↑Citroncirus webberi, ↑kumquat, ↑cumquat, ↑kumquat tree

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Citrus

• Part Meronyms: ↑citrus, ↑citrus fruit, ↑citrous fruit