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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.

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. Synonym: citrus tree.

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... to?" Kennedy spoke to Millard. "Is it off with the old and on with the new? Is Phelps to be cast aside like a squeezed-out lemon, and Leigh taken on for a new citrus fruit?" ...

— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve

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