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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In botany, yellowness; a diseased condition of plants in which the green parts become yellow.

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  1. n. biology The exocarp in citruses.

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  • “The peel, Limonis Cortex, is white and spongy inside, varying much in thickness, and the yellow outer layer, formerly called the flavedo, has a fragrant odour and aromatic, bitter taste.”

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  • “A consideration of its origin and constitution, indeed, strengthens this opinion; for although lemon otto is obtained both by distillation and expression, that which is usually found in commerce is prepared by removing the "flavedo" of lemons with a rasp, and afterwards expressing it in a hair sack, allowing the filtrate to stand, that it may deposit some of its impurities, decanting and filtering.”

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  • “In fact, the skin is so thin, with very little albedo (the bitter white part) adhering to the flavedo (the glossy orange surface), that it is eminently edible fresh; and so the rind of Dancy or similar varieties traditionally has been used in Chinese dishes such as tangerine beef.”

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  • “Omnes pinnx marginc pollico late flavo, in caudie extremo flavedo terniiaatB luoula.”

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