Citrus trees lose some of the developing fruits to prevent the tree from being weighed down by an excessive amount of ripening fruit. Unless your citrus tree has another problem and you are losing fruit in May, June or July, the cause is likely natural and unavoidable.
Noun. 1. noun-a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action. content word, open-class word-a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned. substantive-any word or group of words functioning as a noun.
You may remember that a noun is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea. Examples of nouns would be 'teacher' and 'horse.' We use the possessive form of a noun when we want to show ownership by that noun. In other words, we use the possessive form of a noun to show that someone has something, like a brother's car or a teacher's briefcase.