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Related topics: Plants, Foodcit·ron /ˈsɪtrən/ noun [countable] HBPDFa fruit like a lemon but bigger 香橼,枸橼Examples from the Corpuscitron• 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; → CITRUScit·ron nounChineseSyllable like a but bigger Corpus fruit a lemon |