how to pronounce citrus

/ˈsɪt.ɹəs/

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citrus is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of citrus in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… potato tomato then citrus strawberry and …”

meanings of citrus

noun:

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.
Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

adjective:

Of or relating to citrus plants or fruit.

name:

A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

citrus frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word citrus occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics citrus can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that citrus can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;