citrousadj.
/ˈsɪtrəs/, U.S. /ˈsɪtrəs/ Of or relating to the genus Citrus or its fruits. Also: having the flavour of citrus fruit. Cf. citrus n. 1a.
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1658 T. Collins Choice Exper. Physick & Chirurgery 115 Take one part of that wine, and two parts of the water of ox dung,..three or four drops of Lymons juice or Citrous juice.
1770 R. Weston Universal Botanist I. 61 Citrus-Limon pomum Adami citrata..Citrous Adam's Apple.
1891 Jrnl. Mycol. 6 150 I inoculated into olive plants..a bacillus found in the gums of citrous plants.
1911 C. E. W. Bean ‘Dreadnought’ of Darling xl. 355 Land..which suits vegetables, lucerne, dairying, citrous fruits.
1965 New Scientist 22 July 194/2 Undesirable flavour compounds in coffee, beer, whisky, and citrous flavours can be eliminated by large-scale [gas chromatography] units.
2000 Wine May 51/4 These peachy citrous wines have a surprising zing of crisp acidity, which belies the warm inland climate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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