citron-tree

He made ingenious comparisons with the citron-tree, "which is seen to give flowers and fruits all the year if it be watered constantly," or else with the goat "who gets upon her two hind legs to crop the bitter leaves of the wild olive."

Saint Augustin Louis Bertrand 1903

He sat upon the ground beneath a citron-tree, which spread its grey roots sprawling to receive a branch of the brook.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

This most dainty citron-tree is called 'Buddha's fingers,' [9] because of the wonderful shape of its fragrant fruits.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The common variety is placed close to the veranda (perhaps for the convenience of dreamers); the other occupies a little flower-bed in the middle of the garden, together with a small citron-tree.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

So one day as I leaned from my casement looking on the garden seaward, I saw a strange red and yellow-feathered bird that flew to the branch of a citron-tree opposite, with a ring in its beak; and the bird was singing, and with every note the ring dropped from its bill, and it descended swiftly in an arrowy slant downward, and seized it ere it reached the ground, and commenced singing afresh.

The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868

So one day as I leaned from my casement looking on the garden seaward, I saw a strange red and yellow-feathered bird that flew to the branch of a citron-tree opposite, with a ring in its beak; and the bird was singing, and with every note the ring dropped from its bill, and it descended swiftly in an arrowy slant downward, and seized it ere it reached the ground, and commenced singing afresh.

The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

So one day as I leaned from my casement looking on the garden seaward, I saw a strange red and yellow-feathered bird that flew to the branch of a citron-tree opposite, with a ring in its beak; and the bird was singing, and with every note the ring dropped from its bill, and it descended swiftly in an arrowy slant downward, and seized it ere it reached the ground, and commenced singing afresh.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

The fruit of the citron-tree (Citrus medica) is acidulous, antiseptic, and antiscorbutic: it excites the appetite, and stops vomiting, and, like lemon-juice, has been greatly extolled in chronic rheumatism, gout, and scurvy.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

The fruit of the citron-tree (Citrus medica) is acidulous, antiseptic, and antiscorbutic: it excites the appetite, and stops vomiting, and, like lemon-juice, has been greatly extolled in chronic rheumatism, gout, and scurvy.

The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

The prince, while taking the air in his balcony, chanced to spy a citron-tree which he had never seen before.

Laboulaye's Fairy Book Edouard Laboulaye 1847