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CITRON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does citron mean?
• CITRON (noun)
The noun CITRON has 2 senses:
1. large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved
2. thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind
Familiarity information: CITRON used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("citron" is a kind of...):
citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)
Holonyms ("citron" is a part of...):
citron; citron tree; Citrus medica (thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
citron; citron tree; Citrus medica
Hypernyms ("citron" is a kind of...):
citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)
Meronyms (parts of "citron"):
citron (large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved)
Meronyms (substance of "citron"):
citronwood (wood of a citron tree)
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