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.
What is a noun? Nouns are words that indicate a person, place, or thing. In a sentence, nouns can function as the subject or the object of a verb or preposition. Nouns can also follow linking verbs to rename or re-identify the subject of a sentence or clause; these are known as predicate nouns.