citrus maxima

Questions about citrus maxima

What does citrus maxima mean?

citrus maxima means "southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits".

What is another word for citrus maxima?

Close synonyms include pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo, shaddock, Citrus grandis. 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 maxima a common word?

citrus maxima 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.