citron

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cit·ron /ˈsɪtrən/ noun [countable]  HBPDFa fruit like a lemon but bigger 香橼，枸橼

Examples from the Corpus

citron• He drank a pastis, she a citron pressé.• Beat eggs and granulated sugar well and add vanilla and citron.• Sprinkle mace, cinnamon, dash salt, citron, orange peel, apricots, dates and sugar over yams.• In fact you can eat it like an apple, though the citron is most always candied.• The citron has the most beautiful fragrance of all the citrus fruits and its pith is not bitter.Origin citron (1500-1600) French Old Provençal, from Latin citrus; → CITRUS

cit·ron nounChineseSyllable  

like a but bigger Corpus fruit a lemon

citron
cit‧ron /ˈsɪtrən/ noun [countable]a fruit like a lemon but bigger

cit·ronBrE /ˈsɪtrən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɪtrən/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a yellow fruit like a large lemon 枸橼；香橼