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• The sugariness of the sauce went well with the tartness of the citrus fruit.From the entry sugariness
• A recent cold snap damaged citrus crops.From the entry cold snap
• A drink that balances sweet, fruity notes (like mango or citrus) with a kick of heat (like chili or Tajín).From the entry fricy
• Those are beans, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli sprout, onion, pepper and citrus.2014, Lyubomyr Yatsyk, How to Lose Belly Fat Fast - The Flat Belly Diet & Exercise Guide. From the entry aerogenesis
• It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees.2010, Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Faith C. Belanger, Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry accord
• There’s a hint of tropicality, with mango kicking in on the crisp citrus finish.2009 March 28, Gord Stimmell, “Turn out the lights, turn on your tastebuds”, in Toronto Star. From the entry tropicality
• One rather unusual citrus fruit is the large-fruited pomelo or Chinese grapefruit, C. maxima.2008, Martin Walters, Chinese Wildlife: A Visitor’s Guide, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 25, →ISBN. From the entry Chinese grapefruit
• Chances are you′ll get a squirt of citrus juice in your eye.2007, Peter Elst, Sas Jacobs, Object-Oriented ActionScript 3.0, page 9. From the entry squirt
• Rich, creamy avocado is cut back by the citrus sharpness of grapefruit in this Israeli-inspired salad.2005, Jill Dupleix, Good Cooking: The New Basics, page 32. From the entry team
• "There are many varieties of citrus including sweet and sour oranges, lemons, limes, lemon-limes, calomondin and pomelo."1989, Robert Earle Johannes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Collection of Essays. From the entry lemon-lime
• Citrus juice, bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwich, cheese stix — 2 one ounce stix, plums, milk.1968, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs: Hearings..., page 3711. From the entry stix
• As a citrus pest, the citricola scale is at present limited to California.1948, Alfred M. Boyce, “Insects and Mites and Their Control”, in Leon Dexter Batchelor, Herbert John Webber, editors, The Citrus Industry…. From the entry citricola scale
• Easy-drinking, party-fit quaffer from northern Portugal with bright, vivacious flavours of kiwi-fruit and citrus and a dry, refreshing finish.2025 April 3, Susy Atkins, “Albariño is the white grape to drink this spring and summer”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph…. From the entry kiwi-fruit
• Hazies are a softer, slinkier IPA that swap the pinecone sharpness of a West Coast IPA for bright citrus.2024, Liz Cook, “Why I Do Not Care What Beer Geeks Think About Hazy IPAs”, in Kansas City Magazine, archived from the original on 19 Jun…. From the entry hazy
• The architectural citrus parfait is a vertical composition of angel-food cake, Meyer-lemon sherbet, ruby grapefruit segments and coconut meringue.2018 April 25, Phil Vettel, “Just getting re-established”, in Chicago Tribune, section 6, page 5. From the entry angel-food cake
• Naringin is the main cause of bitterness in some citrus fruits and is converted into naringenin in the body.2013, Kimberly Mueller, Josh Hingst, The Athlete's Guide to Sports Supplements, unnumbered page. From the entry naringin
• Now citrus: orange juice, some pineapple, and let the result cook down, focus the flavor, become sludgelike, glistening, fantastic.2009 June 28, Sam Sifton, “Comida Central”, in New York Times. From the entry sludgelike
• Peely – Usually referring to citrus, peely means aldehydic.2008, Dolf De Rovira, Sr., Dictionary of Flavors, 2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 535, column 1. From the entry peely
• FOR cooks of a lemon-loving persuasion, a puckery citrus curd is the culinary analogue of a chocolate fanatic’s fudgy ganache.2007 April 18, Melissa Clark, “Silky, Sweet and Tart, a Triple Threat”, in New York Times. From the entry fudgy
• Sautéed shrimp in a cream sauce of kanzuri, a combination of citrus and chili peppers, are a spicy, lightly crunchy knockout.2007 February 4, “While a Pioneer Pauses”, in New York Times. From the entry kanzuri
• Grapefruit sorbet with brunoise of citrus fruits.2001, Michael Ruhlman, The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry brunoise
• “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S.1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11. From the entry pesticide
• It uses a local gin from Ampersand Distilling, which is very bright and citrus forward, further complementing the citrus notes of the drink.2023 August 29, Janet Gyenes, Vancouver Cocktails: An Elegant Collection of Over 100 Recipes Inspired by the City on the Sea, →ISBN, page…. From the entry forward
• These data show that the synthesis of syroheme is not clearly defined in X. citri and additional functional studies need to be done.2015 July 14, Cristiane Tambascia Pereira et al., “The sulfur/sulfonates transport systems in Xanthomonas citri pv. citri”, in BMC…. From the entry syroheme
• Weak webbers like P. ulmi and P. citri, under harsh situations tend to colonize along and remain close to the midribs and veins.2007, P. C. Jain, M. C. Bhargava, Entomology: Novel Approaches, page 466. From the entry webber
• Citrus fruits (Citrus hybrids), including kumquat, Mandarin orange, satsuma and ‘Meyer’ lemon, are among the easiest fruit trees to grow organically in Zones 8b to 10.Barbara Pleasant (16 March 2021), “All About Growing Fruit Trees”, in Mother Earth News, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2022. From the entry mandarin orange
• Only commercial shipments of Shiranuhui and Setoka citrus can be imported, and will have to comply to the same requirements as shipments of Unshu oranges from South Korea.2015 February 3, Gabrielle Easter, “Unshu hybrids gain US access”, in Fruit Net. From the entry setoka
• Among these are Prunus X-disease, pear decline, elm phloem necrosis, apple proliferation, the witches'—broom diseases of paulownia and jujube, and the greening and stubborn diseases of citrus.2012, Karl Maramorosch, Mycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs, page 35. From the entry X-disease
• Nucellar embryony allows citrus rootstock breeders to produce F1 hybrids that are highly heterozygous, but produce seedlings that are genetically uniform and identical to the mother tree.2007, Iqrar A. Khan, Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry embryony
• The train sped on down through Florida, through the forests and swamps, stark and bewitched with Spanish moss, and through the mile upon mile of citrus groves.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 123. From the entry Spanish moss
• In Japan, setoka oranges are compared to the fat underbelly of tuna, and called the "otoro of the citrus world," due to the juicy and plump flesh of the fruit.2020 July 31, Jess, “Tokyo’s raindrop jelly-like traditional summer mochi has citrus surprise”, in Japan Today. From the entry setoka
• A certain citrus tree in the Comoro islands northwest of Madagascar and in other nearby islands and in Madagascar itself produces large and very delicate fruits, locally known as combavas.2017, Steffen Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 141. From the entry combava

Meaning of citrus

1. noun Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
2. noun 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.
3. adjective Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.

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Questions about citrus in a sentence

How do you use citrus in a sentence?

Citrus is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The sugariness of the sauce went well with the tartness of the citrus fruit.”

What is a short sentence with citrus?

“A recent cold snap damaged citrus crops.”

What does citrus mean?

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