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What is the noun for citrus?

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citrus
  1. Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
  2. The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.
citrumelo
  1. A citrus fruit that is a cross between trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) and grapefruit
citriculturist
citriculture
  1. The cultivation of citrus fruit.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Until recently, expansion of citriculture was accomplished by the propagation and distribution of material originally introduced via nurseries.”
      “He became known as a world authority on citrus, and was well versed in many other areas of citriculture.”
      “This Department, includes five research teams, focusing on current problems of the citriculture and fruticulture in the Autonomy of Valencia.”
citriculturists
  1. plural of citriculturist
citricultures
  1. plural of citriculture
citrumelos
  1. plural of citrumelo
citruses
  1. plural of citrus
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the course of the comment conversation, I mentioned that the recipe could also be made with other citruses, and Meyer lemons in particular.”
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