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Definition of Citronwood

1. Noun. Wood of a citron tree.

2. Noun. Durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Citronwood

citrometer citrometers citron citron tree citronella citronella oil citronellal citronellals citronellas citronellic

citronellic acid citronellol citronellols citronellyl citrons citronwood (current term) citrophilous mealybug citrophilus mealybug citrostadienol citrous

citrous fruit citrovorum citrovorum factor citruline citrullinaemia citrullinated citrullination citrulline citrullines citrullinuria

Literary usage of Citronwood

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

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"... seldom explored by the agents of luxury, who searched the forests for ivory and the citronwood, and the shores of the ocean for the purple shellfish. ..."

2. The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopædia and Scriptural Dictionary, Fully by Samuel Fallows, Andrew Constantinides Zenos, Herbert Lockwood Willett (1910)
"—s: Tiberias. ada. It grew to a great size. This cedar or citronwood was most likely produced by Callitris quadrivalvis, ..."

3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... searched the forests for ivory and the citronwood, and the shores of the ocean for the purple shellfish. ..."

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