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mandarin orange tree vs citrus tree

citrus tree vs mandarin orange tree

mandarin orange tree and citrus tree both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mandarin orange tree Yes No No No
citrus tree Yes No No No
As nouns, citrus tree is a hypernym of mandarin orange tree; that is, citrus tree is a word with a broader meaning than mandarin orange tree:
  • mandarin orange tree: 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 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
Other hypernyms of mandarin orange tree include citrus.
mandarin orange tree (noun) citrus tree (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 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 mandarin orange tree and citrus tree

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