citron
/ˈsɪtrən/noun
1- a shrubby Asian tree which bears large lemon-like fruits, but with less acid flesh and thick fragrant peel枸橼, 香橼。
1.1
- Citrus medica, family Rutaceae; one of the ancestors of modern commercial citrus fruits.拉丁名Citrus medic,芸香科, 现代商品柑橘属水果的原宗之一。
1.2
- the fruit of this tree枸橼, 香橼（果实）。
词源
early 16th cent. (denoting the fruit)： from French, from Latin citrus 'citron tree', on the pattern of limon 'lemon'.