Wiktionary
n. A fruit of a common genus ''Citrus'' of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae.
WordNet
n. any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions [syn: citrus, citrous fruit]
Usage examples of "citrus fruit".
Serian ships with square bows and slatted sails were berthed end to end with catamarans from Dalopo, bulbous grain haulers from Ornifal, and small craft carrying wine or citrus fruit or metalwork from a dozen islands, some too small to have names to any but their own citizens.
Serian ships with square bows and slatted sails were berthed end to end with catamarans from Dalopo, bulbous grain haulers from Omifal, and small craft carrying wine or citrus fruit or metalwork from a dozen islands, some too small to have names to any but their own citizens.
Printed on the card is information and a cartoon of an animated citrus fruit wearing a tropical shirt and sunglasses.
He had just time to let out a strangled yell before a whole pile of gigantic citrus fruit fell on him.
I had one orange left from the bags of citrus fruit we'd loaded on Decades.
They planted the bomb inside a ripe citrus fruit, and placed it at the bottom of a huge bowl of similar fruit.
I remembered going door-to-door with a wagon full of citrus fruit, knowing that the elegant hands doling out change belonged to unreachable people who felt pity.
The key lime tree in the backyard of her childhood home in Miami once bore an abundance of her favorite citrus fruit, and when days were hard and unyielding, Scarpetta would absent herself from the house to be soothed in the sunlight of the yard, where the solitary tree, not much taller than her father, leaned against the chainlink fence.