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citrus

Any of the plants that make up the genus , in the rue family, that yield pulpy fruits covered with fairly thick skins. The genus includes the lemon, lime, sweet and sour oranges, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, and shaddock (, or ; also called pomelo).

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