1.
[syn: citrus, citrus tree]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
citrus tree \cit"rus tree`\ (s[i^]t"r[u^]s tr[=e]`), n. (Bot.)
same as citrus[2].
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Citrus \Cit"rus\ (s[i^]t"r[u^]s), n. [L., a citron tree.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, lime,
tangerine, citron, grapefruit, etc., originally natives of
southern Asia.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) any tree belonging to the genus Citrus, having
leathery evergreen leaves and bearing a soft pulpy fruit
covered by a thick skin; -- called also citrus tree.
[PJC]
3. (Bot.) the fruit of a tree belonging to the genus
Citrus, having a thick shiny skin and a soft, sweet to
tart pulp.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
citrus tree
n 1: 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, citrus tree]