etrog

American  

[es-rohg, -ruhg, et-, et-rawg, es-rohg] / ˈɛs roʊg, -rəg, ˈɛt-, ɛtˈrɔg, ɛsˈroʊg /

Or ethrog,

noun

plural

etrogs, etrogim

1. Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.

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Etymology

Origin of etrog

From the Hebrew word ethrōgh

Example Sentences

Among Jews, a citron is known as an etrog, the fruit’s Hebrew name.

From Los Angeles Times

In a typical year, Lindcove Ranch’s business partner, the Lakewood, N.J.-based etrog distributor Yaakov Rothberg, would visit the farm over the summer to inspect the citrons.

From Los Angeles Times

Using a scale that tops out at 7.7 — a quirk befitting the byzantine etrog ecosystem — Rothberg and a few colleagues grade the fruit, taking into account each citron’s size, color and overall aesthetics.

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With 14 employees working only 35 acres — among the smaller self-sustaining commercial farms in the valley’s citrus belt — the facility heavily depends on the etrog business.

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He’s the one who plunged the farm into the etrog business decades ago.

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