CITRUS MEDICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Citrus medica mean? 

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

1. thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRUS MEDICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

citron; citron tree; Citrus medica

Hypernyms ("Citrus medica" 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 medica"):

citron (large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved)

Meronyms (substance of "Citrus medica"):

citronwood (wood of a citron tree)