Citrus reticulata vs citrus

citrus vs Citrus reticulata

Citrus reticulata and citrus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Citrus reticulata	Yes	No	No	No
citrus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, citrus is a hypernym of Citrus reticulata; that is, citrus is a word with a broader meaning than Citrus reticulata:

Citrus reticulata: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
citrus: 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

Other hypernyms of Citrus reticulata include citrus tree.

Citrus reticulata (noun)	citrus (noun)
shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia	any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions
	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

Difference between Citrus reticulata and citrus

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