citrus whitefly Dialeurodes citri | whitefly that attacks citrus trees |
citrus mealybug Planococcus citri | feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus |
candied citrus peel | strips of citrus peel cooked in a sugar syrup |
citrus citrus fruit citrous fruit | any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp, grown in warm regions |
genus Citrus | orange, lemon, lime, etc. |
citrus citrus tree | 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 |
sour orange Seville orange bitter orange bitter orange tree bigarade marmalade orange Citrus aurantium | any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit, used as grafting stock |
bergamot bergamot orange Citrus bergamia | small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery, Italy |
pomelo pomelo tree pummelo shaddock Citrus maxima Citrus grandis Citrus decumana | southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits |
citron citron tree Citrus medica | thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind |
grapefruit Citrus paradisi | citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp |
mandarin mandarin orange mandarin orange tree Citrus reticulata | shrub 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 |
sweet orange sweet orange tree Citrus sinensis | probably native to southern China, widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges |
temple orange temple orange tree tangor king orange Citrus nobilis | large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled, widely cultivated in Florida |
tangelo tangelo tree ugli fruit Citrus tangelo | hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange, cultivated especially in Florida |
rangpur rangpur lime lemanderin Citrus limonia | hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel |
lemon lemon tree Citrus limon | a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit |
sweet lemon sweet lime Citrus limetta | lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp |
lime lime tree Citrus aurantifolia | any of various related trees bearing limes |