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Poncirus

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Noun1.Poncirus - one species: trifoliate orange
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
family Rutaceae, rue family, Rutaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
Poncirus trifoliata, trifoliata, trifoliate orange, wild orange - small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges


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Along with the stranger plants such as prickly rhubarb and Poncirus trifoliata - better known as flying dragon - which features barbs that look like highly sharpened cat claws - the Gosslers have specialized for decades in magnolias.
University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) has patented nucleic acids and polypeptides identified and isolated from Poncirus trifoliata, a sexually compatible close relative of Citrus.
Microbiol Immunol 22: 89-101 Lee YM, Kim DK, Kim SH, Shin TY, Kim HM (1996) Antianaphylactic activity of Poncirus trifoliate fruit extract.
 
 
 
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