Citrus
n.- (Bot.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, lime, tangerine, citron, grapefruit, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.
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(Bot.) any tree belonging to the genus
Citrus , having leathery evergreen leaves and bearing a soft pulpy fruit covered by a thick skin; -- called alsocitrus tree . -
(Bot.) the fruit of a tree belonging to the genus
Citrus , having a thick shiny skin and a soft, sweet to tart pulp.

