Translingual

Proper noun

Citrus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rutaceae – many trees bearing citrus fruits, such as oranges and lemons.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Sapindales - order; Rutaceae - family; Citroideae - subfamily; Citreae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Citrus aurantium, Citrus maxima, Citrus reticulata, Citrus unshiu - selected species. See Citrus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for more.

English

Noun

citrus ‎(plural citruses)

1. Any of several shrubs or trees of the family Rutaceae.
2. The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.

Translations

Adjective

citrus ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or relating to citrus plants or fruit.

Anagrams

• Curtis
• rictus
• rustic

Latin

Etymology

Probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος ‎(kédros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.trus/, [ˈkɪ.trʊs]

Noun

citrus f ‎(genitive citrī); second declension

1. citron tree
2. thuja

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Citrus

References

• citrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CITRUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)