单词 | citrus |
释义 | citrus (once / 5000 pages) n Oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and limes: all of these are fruits that belong to the citrus family. They share similar kinds of pulp, thick rinds, and the fact that they grow well in warm climates. If you live in Florida, then you know about citrus. Most of the country's oranges and other citrus come from Florida, with California a close second. But oranges aren't the only citrus fruits. There are lemons, limes, grapefruits, just to name just a few. You can recognize a citrus fruit by its brightly colored, thick, and peelable rind. Citrus fruits are juicy and pulpy and make for a great breakfast. Not for me, though. All the acid in citrus makes my stomach upset. WORD FAMILYcitrus: citrous USAGE EXAMPLESShe previously won the competition’s student division in 2014 with her citrus seared duck breast with herb goat cheese dish. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Some other things to watch in the Citrus Bowl matchup between LSU and Louisville: Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Petrino did not identify the players during a Friday news conference previewing the No. 15 Cardinals’ Citrus Bowl game against No. 19 LSU. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n 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|Hypo|Hyper citrus tree orange, orange tree any citrus tree bearing oranges Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddocksoutheastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits Citrus medica, citron, citron treethorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind Citrus paradisi, grapefruitcitrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp Citrus reticulata, mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange treeshrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia Citrus tangelo, tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruithybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida Citrus limonia, lemanderin, rangpur, rangpur limehybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel Citrus limon, lemon, lemon treea small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit Citrus aurantifolia, lime, lime treeany of various related trees bearing limes Citroncirus webberi, citrange, citrange treemore aromatic and acidic than oranges cumquat, kumquat, kumquat treeany of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp Citrus aurantium, Seville orange, bigarade, bitter orange, bitter orange tree, marmalade orange, sour orangeany of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock Citrus bergamia, bergamot, bergamot orangesmall tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy tangerine, tangerine treea variety of mandarin orange clementine, clementine treea variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa satsuma, satsuma treea variety of mandarin orange Citrus sinensis, sweet orange, sweet orange treeprobably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges Citrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange treelarge citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida Citrus limetta, sweet lemon, sweet limelemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp Fortunella japonica, marumi, marumi kumquat, round kumquatshrub bearing round-fruited kumquats Fortunella margarita, nagami, nagami kumquat, oval kumquatshrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats fruit tree tree bearing edible fruit 2n any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions Syn|Hypo|Hyper citrous fruit, citrus fruit orange round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees mandarin, mandarin orangea somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China kumquatsmall oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulp lemonyellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh limethe green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees grapefruitlarge yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half pomelo, shaddocklarge pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp citrangemore aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade citronlarge lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved temple orangelarge sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rind clementinea mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds satsumamedium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin tangerineany of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africa Seville orange, bitter orange, sour orangehighly acidic orange used especially in marmalade sweet orangeorange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin key limesmall yellow-green limes of southern Florida edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
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