citrus
Valid in Scrabble
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- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of citrus
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
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noun
- Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
- 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.
adj
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(not-comparable, usually)Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.
“Its nose is very citrus and fruity.”
“[…] and his cologne was more citrus than the usual leatherwood floating in formaldehyde.”
“The problem with AG2 is that it's too citrus.”
name
- A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Etymology
From Latin citrus (“a citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.
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