aurantieæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. A tribe in the natural order Rutaceæ, trees or shrubs, distinguished from the rest of the order by their perfect flowers and by their fruit, a large berry with exalbuminous seeds. It has often been classed as a distinct order, the Aurantiaceæ. There are about a dozen genera, indigenous to tropical Asia, of which the most familiar are Citrus, yielding the orange, etc.; Limonia (which see); and Ægle, the bhel-tree.