different between citrus vs hesperidium

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek ?????? (kédros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t??s/

Noun

citrus (plural citruses or (rare) citrusses or (rare) citri)

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.

Derived terms

• citral
• citrantin
• citric acid
• citropten
• citrusin
• Citrus County
• citrus fruit

Related terms

• citrous

Translations

Adjective

citrus (not generally comparable, comparative more citrus, superlative most citrus)

1. Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.

Synonyms

• citrous

Anagrams

• Curtis, Turcis, rictus, rustic

Czech

Etymology

From Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?trus]
• Hyphenation: ci?t?rus

Noun

citrus m inan

1. citrus

Declension

Further reading

• citrus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• citrus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Citrus or Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si.tr?s/
• Hyphenation: ci?trus

Noun

citrus f (plural citrussen)

1. A citrus, a tree of the genus Citrus.

   Synonym: citrusboom

2. A citrus fruit, a fruit from a tree of the genus Citrus.

   Synonym: citrusvrucht

3. (Suriname) An orange tree.

   Synonyms: appelsienboom, sinaasappelboom

4. (uncountable, rare) Citrus juice, juice from citrus fruits.

Derived terms

• citrusboom
• citruspers
• citrusvrucht

Latin

Etymology

Probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek ?????? (kédros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ki.trus/, [?k?t???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??i.trus/, [?t??i?t??us]

Noun

citrus f (genitive citr?); second declension

1. citron tree
2. thuja

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• Translingual: Citrus
• French: citron
• English: citrine
• Italian: cedro
• Piedmontese: sitron

References

• citrus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• citrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Anagrams

• rictus

English

Etymology

Linnaeus gave the name Hesperideae to an order containing the genus Citrus, in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides. The hesperid- stem is now used to form technical terms, such as hesperidin, relating to the citrus fruits.

Noun

hesperidium (plural hesperidia)

1. Any of several kinds of true berries, including citrus fruit such as the lemon and lime, which have pulpy interiors and leathery skins containing aromatic oils.

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