[si-truh
n] 
| 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. |
| 6. | having the color citron. |
| a round, hard-fleshed watermelon, Citrullus lanatus citroides, used candied or pickled. |
| cit·ron (sĭt'rən) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, alteration (influenced by limon, lemon) of Latin (mālum) citreum, citron (fruit), from citrus, citron tree.] cit'ron adj. |