citrus
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.
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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 rindssynonyms: citrus treetypes:Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddocksoutheastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruitsCitrus medica, citron, citron treethorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rindCitrus paradisi, grapefruitcitrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulpCitrus 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 AsiaCitrus tangelo, tangelo, tangelo tree, ugli fruithybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in FloridaCitrus limonia, lemanderin, rangpur, rangpur limehybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peelCitrus limon, lemon, lemon treea small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruitcumquat, 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 pulpCitrus 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 stockCitrus bergamia, bergamot, bergamot orangesmall tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italyclementine, clementine treea variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South AfricaCitrus sinensis, sweet orange, sweet orange treeprobably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice orangesCitrus nobilis, king orange, tangor, temple orange, temple orange treelarge citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in FloridaCitrus limetta, sweet lemon, sweet limelemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulptype of:fruit treetree bearing edible fruit
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any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regionssynonyms: citrous fruit, citrus fruittypes:orangeround yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus treeskumquatsmall oval citrus fruit with thin sweet rind and very acid pulplemonyellow oval fruit with juicy acidic fleshlimethe green acidic fruit of any of various lime treesgrapefruitlarge yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a halfcitrangemore aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmaladecitronlarge lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preservedtemple orangelarge sweet easily-peeled Florida fruit with deep orange rindclementinea mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seedssatsumamedium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skintangerineany of various deep orange mandarins grown in the United States and southern Africasweet orangeorange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skinkey limesmall yellow-green limes of southern Floridatype of:edible fruitedible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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