citrus sinensis

1. 1.

   probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges

   Synonymssweet orangesweet orange tree

   Broaderorange

   Part ofgenus Citrus

   Partssweet orange

Questions about citrus sinensis

What does citrus sinensis mean?

citrus sinensis means "probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges".

What is another word for citrus sinensis?

Close synonyms include sweet orange, sweet orange 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 sinensis a common word?

citrus sinensis 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.