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Spell Bee Word: Citrus


What does citrus mean?

Word: Citrus

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Citrus means a family of juicy fruits with thick peel and a sharp, fresh taste.

How do you spell citrus?

Syllables: cit - rus

Tricky part: The word starts with an s sound, but the first letter is a c. Children who spell by ear write sitrus.

Watch out for: sitrus, cittrus

Memory tip: Cut the fruit into circles. Circle and citrus begin with the same letter, and both open with an s sound.

Citrus in a sentence

Example 1: Nagpur is known across India for its citrus orchards.

Example 2: The citrus smell of the peel filled the whole kitchen.

Example 3: A cold citrus drink tastes fresh after a hot game of football.

Fun Fact

Citrus is also the scientific name for the whole group of these trees, taken straight from Latin.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

citr__

a) us
b) is
c) os
d) as

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a) us. This ending is the one you see in bus and campus; citris, citras and citros are not words.

Spell Spies

Choose the option with no spelling errors:

a) citrus, cocunut, pinapple, papaya
b) citrus, coconut, pineapple, papaya
c) citrus, cocanut, pineapple, pappaya
d) citrus, coconut, pinaple, papaia

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b) citrus, coconut, pineapple, papaya. Every fruit word is right in this list; each of the others has two slips.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

citrus

a) suit
b) court
c) crust
d) stir

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b) court. Court needs an o, and the given word has no o.

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the 'i' sound as in citrus?

a) build
b) kite
c) light
d) field

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a) build. Build is said 'bild', with a short vowel; kite, light and field have long ones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a citrus fruit?

a) a lemon
b) a mango
c) a banana
d) a guava

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a) a lemon

2. Which vitamin are citrus fruits best known for?

a) vitamin D
b) vitamin K
c) vitamin E
d) vitamin C

Show answer

d) vitamin C

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with c: chemist, cradle, chilly, choir, crumple, cobbler

More words from this list

department, fling, hundred, multiplication, robot, stencil, tumbler, angel

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