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# citron

«citron» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large, lemon-like citrus fruit with a very thick, bumpy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a citron, citrons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A large, lemon-like citrus fruit with a very thick, bumpy rind, often candied and used in cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#m1)

2) (French) «citron» means «lemon» in French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and food lessons the citron is one of the oldest citrus fruits; lemons and limes come partly from it. In Jewish tradition a citron (etrog) is used at the festival of Sukkot. In French lessons «citron» is just «lemon», and «citron pressé» is fresh lemonade. Phrases: «candied citron peel».

### examples

- A citron looks like a big, lumpy lemon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#x1)
- Candied citron peel goes into fruit cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#x2)
- A citron has a very thick rind and little juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#x3)
- At Sukkot, Jewish families hold a citron called an etrog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#x4)
- In Paris I ordered a «citron pressé», which is lemon juice with water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#x5)
- The citron is one of the ancestors of the lemon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#x6)
- The great yellow citrons hung down among the dark shining leaves, and covered a part of the old reddish-yellow walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/#x7)

### note

Countable. In French «citron» = lemon, so it is a false friend: an English citron is a different fruit. Say SIT-ron.

### In the corpora

- [une limonade is fizzy lemonade, like Sprite; un citron pressé is fresh squeezed lemon with water and sugar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/19-at-the-cafe-ordering-in-french/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «citron» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/citron/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.