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citrus fruit

citrus fruit noun: any of the fruits in the common genus Citrus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae.

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Noun

citrus fruit (plural citrus fruits)

Any of the fruits in the common genus Citrus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae.

Synonyms:

citrus, orange

citrus fruit meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Malay

citrus fruit in Tamil

fruit of genus Citrus: கிச்சிலி kiccili

citrus fruit in Malayalam

citrus fruit: നാരങ്ങ nāraṅṅa

citrus fruit in Tagalog

fruit of genus Citrus: pamiga

citrus fruit in Malay

fruit of genus Citrus: limau, jeruk

More languagesFewer languages

citrus fruit in Indonesian: jeruk
citrus fruit in Persian: مرکبات morakkabât

Synonyms of citrus fruit

Forms of citrus fruit

plural	citrus fruits

Questions about citrus fruit

What does citrus fruit mean?: Citrus fruit means any of the fruits in the common genus Citrus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae.
What is citrus fruit in Tamil?: Citrus fruit in Tamil is கிச்சிலி (kiccili). See Citrus fruit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is citrus fruit?: Citrus fruit is a noun.
What is the plural of citrus fruit?: The plural of citrus fruit is citrus fruits.

Words near citrus fruit in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: citrus fruit (page history and authors); നാരങ്ങ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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