citron

American  

[si-truhn] / ˈsɪ trən /

noun

citrons plural

1. a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.

2. the tree itself.

3. the rind of the fruit, candied and preserved.

4. a grayish-green yellow color.

5. citron melon.

---

adjective

1. having the color citron.

citron British  

/ ˈsɪtrən /

noun

1. a small Asian rutaceous tree, Citrus medica, having lemon-like fruit with a thick aromatic rind See also citron wood

2. the fruit of this tree

3. Also called: citron melon.  a variety of watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris citroides, that has an inedible fruit with a hard rind

4. the rind of either of these fruits, candied and used for decoration and flavouring of foods

5. a greenish-yellow colour

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• citrons
  plural

Etymology

Origin of citron

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Italian citrone < Latin citr ( us ) citrus + Italian -one augmentative suffix

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

citron citrons

"It's the citron and the orange peel and the lemon peel and some of those old school preservatives; that's what makes a fruitcake tastes terrible," says Meyer.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2023

Spectroscopy instruments have been widely researched to assess nutrients in plants based on leaf chemical content such as in fingered citron.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023

They speculate that other early Citrus species, including the pomelo and citron, emerged slightly later in the Himalayan foothills.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2023

For thousands of years, the citron has been a part of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Know’st thou the land where the citron blooms,

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

For the last 40 years or so, many Jews in America have been celebrating with citrons grown by a single large U.S. supplier: Lindcove Ranch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

In turn, a vast web of retailers and and wholesale buyers were counting on an allotment of Lindcove Ranch citrons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Once back home in Lakewood, N.J., the rabbi would distribute the citrons to family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Mandarins, pomelos, citrons, kumquats and papeda were likely main, original biological species.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2023

Watermelons are always ruined by being planted near citrons.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.