citron

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The common or garden citron, which is sharp to the taste and not pleasant to have handed to one.

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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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  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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