Definitions for citruses

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citruses cit·rus

Spelling: [si-truh s]

IPA: /ˈsɪ trəs/

Citruses is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in citruses (ceirsstu).

Definitions for citruses

noun

1. any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
2. the tart-to-sweet, pulpy fruit of any of these trees or shrubs, having a characteristically smooth, shiny, stippled skin.

adjective

1. Also, citrous. of or relating to such trees or shrubs, or their fruit.

Origin of citruses

1815-25; New Latin, Latin: citron tree

Examples for citruses

Strong fennel and wormwood hit the back of my tongue along with a dryness from the barrel and hints of citrus from the chamomile.

He sprays the glass with some citrus peel and garnishes the cocktail with an organic flower and cinnamon sticks.

There are over 20,000 acres today in this republic on which citrus fruit is grown.

The bergamot-lemon, or fruit of citrus bergamia; also sometimes, colloquially, the fragrant oil obtained from its rind.

I became numb to the barrage of smells: citrus disinfectants, burning trash, sewage, sweat, and diesel.

If pairing with citrus flavors you might want to consider a nice Riesling as well.

Where citrus County felt like a coiled spring, the pace of A Million Heavens is sedate, diffused among a dozen or so characters.

citrus medica Limonum (citronnier in French, lemon in English).

If citrus fruits are boiled slowly they are apt to grow dark and strong.

Orange (sweet) oil, expressed from the peel of citrus aurantium.