citrus fruit

Questions about citrus fruit

What does citrus fruit mean?

citrus fruit means "any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions".

What is another word for citrus fruit?

Close synonyms include citrus, citrous fruit. 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 fruit a common word?

citrus fruit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.