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 →

2) (French) «citron» means «lemon» in French. tree →

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 →
• Candied citron peel goes into fruit cake. tree →
• A citron has a very thick rind and little juice. tree →
• At Sukkot, Jewish families hold a citron called an etrog. tree →
• In Paris I ordered a «citron pressé», which is lemon juice with water. tree →
• The citron is one of the ancestors of the lemon. tree →
• The great yellow citrons hung down among the dark shining leaves, and covered a part of the old reddish-yellow walls. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «citron» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.