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Definition of Citron tree

1. Noun. Thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Citron Tree

Literary usage of Citron tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"The citron-tree thrives in the open air in China, Persia, the West Indies ... 11, Ac., probably signifies the citron-tree and its fruit Oribasius in the 4th ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"ANTIQUITY OF THE CITRON-TREE IN EGYPT. By Dr. E. BONAVIA, FRHS [Read April 11, 1893.] MV LORET has recently (Paris, 1891) published a pamphlet entitled " Le ..."

3. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"13, § 5), brandies of the citron-tree were ordered by law to be carried by ... 251); and the citron-tree is occasionally represented on old Samaritan coins. ..."

4. Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the by William Carpenter, Gorham Dummer Abbot (1833)
"THE APPLE, OR citron tree. THE apple tree, is, in the several passages where it is spoken o£ represented as one of the most noble trees in the garden of ..."

5. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"The citron tree. The fruit is larger and less succulent than the lemon, but intensely acid. The juice is antiscorbutic. The candied peel is used as a ..."

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