citrus

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n. 柑橘属果树

发音

其它 /ˈsɪtɹəs/
US /ˈsɪtɹəs/

词形变化

citri citruses 复数 citruses citrusses citri 复数 citrusses 复数 more citrus 比较级 most citrus 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

    柑橘

    柑橘属

    柑橘类

  2. 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.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

citrus fruit

上位词 1

fruit tree

下位词 10

orange lemon lime mandarin grapefruit citrange citron kumquat mandarin orange pomelo

部分词 2

section citrus fruit

相关短语

citrus greening 黄龙病 citrus fruit n. 柑橘类的水果 citrus fruits citrus black spot Citrus County Citrus Heights citrus dieback citrus vein phloem degeneration citrus greening disease

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary