citrus limon

1. 1.

   a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

   Synonymslemonlemon tree

   Broadercitrus

   Narrowersweet lemon

   Part ofgenus Citrus

   Partslemon

Questions about citrus limon

What does citrus limon mean?

citrus limon means "a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit".

What is another word for citrus limon?

Close synonyms include lemon, lemon 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 limon a common word?

citrus limon 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.