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  • noun Plural form of cedrat.

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Examples

  • Mr. Floyd and I were walking one day where the oranges, lemons and cedrats were ripening in different degrees of maturity: they seemed to blossom and yield as freely as if in their native climates, and our favorite walk was there these chilly winter afternoons; for Mr. Floyd, always a shiverer, of late found every place except the tropical atmosphere of a greenhouse too cold for him.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

  • Lemons, oranges, cedrats and their varieties not mentioned 5

    A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents William McKinley 1872

  • His legs were kept wide apart by ample saddle - bags of esparto cloth, swelled out with cedrats and water-melons.

    Tartarin of Tarascon Alphonse Daudet 1868

  • There is also every variety of fine fruit, especially the largest cedrats I ever saw; which, although they have not a great deal of flavour, are very refreshing.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • The ladies were very civil, though I dare say surprised at our admiration of their December flowers, and gave us orangeade and cake, with large cedrats and oranges from the trees; but above all, the most delicious bouquet of roses and carnations; so that, together with the unknown scarlet and purple blossoms which the captain of the escort had gathered for me, the diligence inside looked like an arbour.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • The curiosity of this place is a rock behind the house, covered with roses, clove-carnations, and every variety of bright flower-tree, together with oranges, lemons, limes, and cedrats, all growing out of the rock.

    Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

  • There is also every variety of fine fruit, especially the largest _cedrats_

    Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843

  • The ladies were very civil, though I dare say surprised at our admiration of their December flowers, and gave us orangeade and cake, with large cedrats and oranges from the trees; but above all, the most delicious bouquet of roses and carnations; so that, together with the unknown scarlet and purple blossoms which the captain of the escort had gathered for me, the diligence inside looked like an arbour.

    Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843

  • The curiosity of this place is a rock behind the house, covered with roses, clove-carnations, and every variety of bright flower-tree, together with oranges, lemons, limes, and cedrats, all growing out of the rock.

    Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843

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