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citron wood
noun
- the wood of the citron.
- the wood of the sandarac.
citron wood
noun
- the wood of the citron tree
- the wood of the sandarac
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Word History and Origins
Origin of citron wood1
First recorded in 1705–15
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Example Sentences
The Romans, in the time of Nero, had tables made of citron-wood brought from Mauritania; they were varnished with purple and gold.
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An Italian mandoline of citron-wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl, engraven with figures.
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One may surely admire the tigrine stripes and panther-like spots of the citron-wood without being a Lucullus or an Apicius.
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I opened his pretty casket of citron wood, with locks of steel and silver.
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And its walls and its roof were made of cypress-wood, and its doors of ivory and citron-wood.
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