citrange | (noun) more aromatic and acid tasting than oranges; used in beverages and marmalade | - |
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(noun) more aromatic and acidic than oranges | Synonyms: citrange tree, Citroncirus webberi |
citrate | (noun) a salt or ester of citric acid | - |
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(verb) cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid | - |
citric | (adjective) of or related to citric acid | - |
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citrin | (noun) a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation | Synonyms: bioflavinoid, vitamin P |
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citrine | (noun) semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz | - |
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citron | (noun) large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved | - |
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(noun) thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind | Synonyms: citron tree, Citrus medica |
citronwood | (noun) wood of a citron tree | - |
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(noun) durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) | Synonyms: sandarac |
citrous | (adjective) of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus | - |
citrulline | (noun) an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine | - |
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citrus | (noun) any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions | Synonyms: citrous fruit, citrus fruit |
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(noun) any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds | Synonyms: citrus tree |