citrus
See also: Citrus
English
Etymology
From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).
Pronunciation
Noun
citrus (plural citruses)
- Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
shrub or tree
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fruit — see citrus fruit
Adjective
citrus (not comparable)
- Of or relating to citrus plants or fruit.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈki.trus/, [ˈkɪt̪rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.trus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːt̪rus]
Noun
citrus f (genitive citrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | citrus | citrī |
Genitive | citrī | citrōrum |
Dative | citrō | citrīs |
Accusative | citrum | citrōs |
Ablative | citrō | citrīs |
Vocative | citre | citrī |
Descendants
- Translingual: Citrus
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)
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