CITRON

Citron

The citron is a fragrant citrus fruit, botanically classified as Citrus medica by both the Swingle and Tanaka systems. The designation medica given it by Linnaeus is apparently derived from its ancient name "Median or Persian apple" that was reported by Theophrastus, who believed it to be native to Persia or the land of the Medes; there is no relation to medicinal uses of the fruit. Theophrastus notes its smooth sharp thorns, like those of a pear, the very fragrant but inedible 'apple', which keeps moths from clothes, and the fact that "it bears its 'apples' at all season; for when some have been gathered, ...

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citron

Noun

  1. a greenish yellow colour.
  2. a small citrus tree, ,
  3. the fruit of a citron tree.
  4. the candied rind of the citron fruit.

Adjective

  1. Of a greenish yellow colour.


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