citron

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At the feast of Tabernacles his citron was the best.

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  1. noun A thorny evergreen shrub or small tree (Citrus medica) native to India and widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have a thick warty rind.
  2. noun The fruit of this plant, whose rind is often candied and used in confections and fruitcakes.
  3. noun A globose watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) having white flesh that is candied or pickled.
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  • Many lemon, citron, and orange trees that we planted some years ago. cocoa-nut trees also, were almost, some quite overgrown, quite hidden, and our place looked and was quite small and close; but one or two hours for a few days, spent in clearing, have made a great difference. —  Life of John Coleridge Patteson
  • Whilst we were thus employed, the sun broke from the clouds, and lighted up the vivid green of the vegetation; at the same time spangling the waters, which pour copiously down a succession of rocky terraces, and sprinkle the impending citron-trees with perpetual dew. —  Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
  • "Eau de citron, " the girl on his bed said lazily. —  Sharpe's Waterloo
  • "I cannot think, " Jane paused to dab her cheeks with the eau de citron which was supposed to blanche the skin of her face and breasts to a fashionable death-mask whiteness, "I cannot think, " she resumed, -why the Prince of Orange, whoever in hell he is, should want to appoint Richard as a staff officer! —  Sharpe's Waterloo
  • At the feast of Tabernacles his citron was the best. —  Jewish Children
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, alteration (influenced by limon, lemon) of Latin (mālum) citreum, citron (fruit), from citrus, citron tree.

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  1. Early modern English also cidron; from French citron = Italian citrone, cedrone (Florio) = Dutch citroen = German citrone = Danish Swedish citron, from Middle Latin citro(n-), augmentative of Latin citrus, the citron-tree; cf. citreum (sc. malum, apple), a citron, from Greek κίτρον, a citron, later κίτριον, also κιτρία, κιτρέα, the citron tree; said to be of Arabic origin. Cf. citrus, citertree.
 

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