citrus

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit. not-comparable,usually
    — Its nose is very citrus and fruity.

词形变化

citruses plural citrus plural citri formal,plural citrusses plural,rare more citrus comparative most citrus superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
citral citrange citrantin citric acid citropten citrus black spot Citrus County citrus dieback citrus fruit citrus greening citrus greening disease citrusin citruslike Citrus Springs citrus vein phloem degeneration noncitrus
相关词
citrous

词源

词源 1
From Latin citrus (“a citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.
词源 2
From Latin citrus (“a citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.
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