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cit⋅ron

[si-truhn]
–noun
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
6. having the color citron.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < MF < It citrone < L citr(us) citrus + It -one aug. suffix

citron melon

–noun
a round, hard-fleshed watermelon, Citrullus lanatus citroides, used candied or pickled.
Also called citron.


Origin:
1800–10, Americanism
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cit·ron   (sĭt'rən)   
n.  
    1. A thorny evergreen shrub or small tree (Citrus medica) native to India and widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have a thick warty rind.

    2. The fruit of this plant, whose rind is often candied and used in confections and fruitcakes.

  1. A globose watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) having white flesh that is candied or pickled.

  2. A grayish-green yellow.


[Middle English, from Old French, alteration (influenced by limon, lemon) of Latin (mālum) citreum, citron (fruit), from citrus, citron tree.]
cit'ron adj.
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