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CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA

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Meaning:

Any of various related trees bearing limes

Synonyms:

Citrus aurantifolia; lime; lime tree

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Nouns denoting plants

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.)

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