citrus

See also: Citrus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtɹəs/

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Noun

citrus (plural citruses or (formal) citri or (rare) citrusses)

1. Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
2. The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.

Hypernyms

• (fruit): fruit

Derived terms

• citral
• citrange
• citrantin
• citric acid
• citropten
• citrus black spot
• Citrus County
• citrus fruit
• citrus greening
• citrusin
• citruslike
• noncitrus

Related terms

• citrous

Translations

shrub or tree

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柑橘 (zh) (gānjú), 柑橘屬 / 柑橘属 (gānjúshǔ), 柑橘類 / 柑橘类 (zh) (gānjúlèi)

• Finnish: sitruspuu (fi)
• French: citrus (fr) du or m, agrume (fr) m
• Ido: citruso (io)
• Irish: crann citris m
• Italian: agrume (it) m
• Korean: 감귤류 (gamgyullyu), 시트러스 (siteureoseu)
• Latin: citrus f
• Malay: sitrus, limau (ms)
• Maori: rākau hīmoe
• Occitan: agrum (oc) m, agrume (oc) m
• Persian: بادرنگ (fa) (bâdrang)
• Polish: cytrus (pl) m
• Portuguese: citro (pt) m
• Romanian: citrice
• Russian: ци́трус (ru) m (cítrus)
• Spanish: cítrico (es) m
• Swedish: citrusträd n
• Turkish: narenciye (tr), turunçgiller (tr)

fruit — see citrus fruit

Adjective

citrus (not generally comparable, comparative more citrus, superlative most citrus)

1. Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.
   • 2001, Robin Shepard, Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs, page 61:

     Its nose is very citrus and fruity.

   • 2007, Eric Martin, The Virgin's Guide to Mexico: A Novel, page 176:

     […] and his cologne was more citrus than the usual leatherwood floating in formaldehyde.

   • 2008, Chandler Burr, The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York:

     The problem with AG2 is that it's too citrus.

Synonyms

• citric
• citrous

Translations

of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit — see citric

Anagrams

• Curtis, Turcis, rictus, rustic

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪtrus]
• Hyphenation: ci‧t‧rus

Noun

citrus m inan

1. citrus

Declension

Declension of citrus (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	citrus	citrusy
genitive	citrusu	citrusů
dative	citrusu	citrusům
accusative	citrus	citrusy
vocative	citruse	citrusy
locative	citrusu	citrusech
instrumental	citrusem	citrusy

Further reading

• “citrus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “citrus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Citrus or Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.trʏs/

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• Hyphenation: ci‧trus

Noun

citrus f (plural citrussen)

1. a citrus, a tree of the genus Citrus

   Synonym: citrusboom

2. a citrus fruit, a fruit from a tree of the genus Citrus

   Synonym: citrusvrucht

3. (Suriname) an orange tree

   Synonyms: appelsienboom, sinaasappelboom

4. (uncountable, rare) citrus juice, juice from citrus fruits

Derived terms

• citrusboom
• citruspers
• citrusvrucht

Latin

Etymology

Probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɪ.trʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.t̪rus]

Noun

citrus f (genitive citrī); second declension

1. citron tree
2. thuja

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	citrus	citrī
genitive	citrī	citrōrum
dative	citrō	citrīs
accusative	citrum	citrōs
ablative	citrō	citrīs
vocative	citre	citrī

Derived terms

• citrifōrmis

Descendants

• Translingual: Citrus
• French: citron
• → English: citrine, citron, citrus
• Italian: cedro
• Lombard: zeder
• Piedmontese: sitron

References

• “citrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "citrus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Anagrams

• rictus