Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective of or pertaining to a citrus tree.
  • adjective of or pertaining to citrus.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus
  • adjective of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus

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Examples

  • Duffy, in an image that is more a cartoon than a photograph, doesn't solve that mystery either, but he knows what men want: boy toys like the citrous car, which safely offer sex at second hand.

    The big picture: fashion shoot, 1975 2010

  • The reflected glare from the torches at the gates overhead caught with a faint, citrous sheen on Caris 'fair hair and the gold braiding of his coat as he paused before the darkness of the hut door.

    The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988

  • The Japanese beetle, the citrous scale, the chestnut blight, and the elm borer spread to every corner of the world, and from one forgotten pesthole in Borneo, leprosy, long imagined extinct, reappeared.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • The Japanese beetle, the citrous scale, the chestnut blight, and the elm borer spread to every corner of the world, and from one forgotten pesthole in Borneo, leprosy, long imagined extinct, reappeared.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • The co-operative principle has been well tried out in California, where it was first put into operation with citrous fruits, in several other Western

    Apple Growing M. C. Burritt

  • The citrous, the aloes, and the Spanish jasmines perfumed the landscape.

    Willis the Pilot Paul Adrien

  • When Venusta returned, she found her daughter lying on the citrous couch with head buried between her beautiful hands; but oh the horror depicted on that lovely face as she raised it and gazed into her mother's eyes!

    Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Richard Short

  • Fruits of the citrous family were found in abundance; wild cherries, wild grapes, figs, and an apple of amazing proportions and exceeding sweetness.

    West Wind Drift George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • There was fast developing a new and important business, resulting from the development of the real resources of the State -- the fruits, particularly the citrous fruits that grew abundantly in the warm valley.

    The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire Charles Morris 1877

  • That is the bad news: You have to wait for at least a year before you get to taste of the luminous lumpy citrous

    WN.com - Articles related to Disappearing honey bees: tiny worker is vital to worlds agriculture 2010

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