Citrus
a genus of Aurantiaceæ, trees and shrubs of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate Asia, but many of them now cultivated in all similar climates for their fruit. To it belong the belong orange, citron, lemon, lime, bergamot, shaddock, forbidden fruit, etc.
CITY (Latin, civitas), in a general sense, a town holding, from extent of population, favorable situation, or other causes, a leading place in the community in which it is situated. Popularly, also, it is used, both in Great Britain and France, to designate the old and central nucleus as distinguished from the suburban growths of large towns. The ecclesiastical sense of the term city is a town which is, or has been, the see of a bishop.
This seems to be the historical use of the term in England, and still possesses some authority there, but to a considerable extent it has been superseded by the wider one. In the United States the application of the term is dependent upon the nature and extent of the municipal privileges possessed by corporations, and a town is raised to the dignity of a city by special charter. See MUNICIPAL GOV- ERNMENT.
CIVET CAT tion with metals it forms crystalline salts known as citrates. The acid is used as a discharge in calico-printing and as a substitute for lemon in making beverages.