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Citrus sinensis

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Noun1.Citrus sinensis - probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges
sweet orange tree, sweet orange
sweet orange - orange with sweet juicy pulp; often has a thin skin
genus Citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc.
orange tree, orange - any citrus tree bearing oranges
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The sweet orange, Citrus sinensis, appeared late in the 1400''s, near the time of Christopher Columbus, who discovered America.
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