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.
A noun is usually defined as being a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can either be common or proper nouns. A common noun is a generic name given to a person, place, thing or, idea. For example, lake, street, dog, and cat are all common nouns. Common nouns are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence.