citrus

Other forms of citrus

plural

citruses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about citrus

What does citrus mean?

citrus means "any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in citrus?

citrus has 2 syllables: cit-rus. The stress falls on "cit". In IPA it is /ˈsɪtɹəs/.

What is another word for citrus?

Close synonyms include citrus fruit, citrous fruit, citrus tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is citrus a common word?

citrus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.