trifoliate orange
noun
: a thorny Chinese tree (Poncirus trifoliata) of the rue family related to the citruses that has trifoliolate leaves and a sour yellow fruit resembling a small orange and that is grown for ornament or hedges or used as a rootstock for citrus fruits
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It may have been grafted onto a trifoliate orange rootstock.
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Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
An extremely easy-to-grow citrus is the trifoliate orange.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 5 May 2020
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Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
An extremely easy-to-grow citrus is the trifoliate orange.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 5 May 2020
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“Trifoliate orange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trifoliate%20orange. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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