citron wood

American  

noun

1. the wood of the citron.

2. the wood of the sandarac.

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citron wood British  

noun

1. the wood of the citron tree

2. the wood of the sandarac

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Etymology

Origin of citron wood

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

The table at which we sat was of citron wood from Mauritania, more precious than gold.

From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie

The furniture was of sandal and citron wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory, silver, or relieved with gold and precious malachite.

From Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) by Various

The couches on which the banqueters reclined were of citron wood, inlaid with ivory, and covered with the tapestries of Asiatic looms.

From Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

And the doors which were round it, being twenty in number, were put together with beams of citron wood, having ivory ornaments.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us