# citrus
## English

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### Etymology

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros); compare Middle English citurtre, cytyr tre. Thus a possible doublet of cedar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪtɹəs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

citrus (plural citruses or (formal) citri or (rare) citrusses)
* Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
* 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.

#### Hypernyms

* (fruit): fruit

#### Derived terms

* citral
* citrange
* citrantin
* citric acid
* citropten
* citrus black spot
* Citrus County
* citrus fruit
* citrus greening
* citrusin
* citruslike
* noncitrus

#### Related terms

* citrous

#### Translations
### Adjective

citrus (not generally comparable, comparative more citrus, superlative most citrus)
* Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.
** 2001, Robin Shepard, Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs, page 61:Its nose is very citrus and fruity.
** 2007, Eric Martin, The Virgin's Guide to Mexico: A Novel, page 176:[…] and his cologne was more citrus than the usual leatherwood floating in formaldehyde.
** 2008, Chandler Burr, The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York:The problem with AG2 is that it's too citrus.

#### Synonyms

* citric
* citrous

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Curtis, Turcis, rictus, rustic

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citrus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɪtrus]
* Hyphenation: ci‧t‧rus

### Noun

citrus m inan
* citrus

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “citrus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “citrus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Citrus or Latin citrus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsi.trʏs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ci‧trus

### Noun

citrus f (plural citrussen)
* a citrus, a tree of the genus Citrus
    Synonym: citrusboom
* a citrus fruit, a fruit from a tree of the genus Citrus
    Synonym: citrusvrucht
* (Suriname) an orange tree
    Synonyms: appelsienboom, sinaasappelboom
* (uncountable, rare) citrus juice, juice from citrus fruits

#### Derived terms

* citrusboom
* citruspers
* citrusvrucht

## Latin
### Etymology

Probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈki.trus/, [ˈkɪt̪rʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.trus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːt̪rus]

### Noun

citrus f (genitive citrī); second declension
* citron tree
* thuja

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* citrifōrmis

#### Descendants

* Translingual: Citrus
* French: citron
* → English: citrine, citron, citrus
* Italian: cedro
* Lombard: zeder
* Piedmontese: sitron

### References

* “citrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* citrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

### Anagrams

* rictus