Citrus reticulata

Definitions of Citrus reticulata

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree

   types:

   tangerine, tangerine tree

   a variety of mandarin orange

   clementine, clementine tree

   a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa

   satsuma, satsuma tree

   a variety of mandarin orange

   type of:

   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