CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Citrus aurantifolia mean? 

• CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (noun)
  The noun CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA has 1 sense:

1. any of various related trees bearing limes

  Familiarity information: CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various related trees bearing limes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Citrus aurantifolia; lime; lime tree

Hypernyms ("Citrus aurantifolia" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (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)

Meronyms (parts of "Citrus aurantifolia"):

lime (the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees)

Holonyms ("Citrus aurantifolia" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the fruit peel of Citrus aurantifolia.

(Lime Oil, NCI Thesaurus)