Citron

sit′run, n. the fruit of the citron-tree, resembling a lemon.— n. Cit′rate , a salt of citric acid.— adjs. Cit′reo us , citrine; Cit′ric , derived from the citron; Cit′rine , dark and greenish yellow, like a citron or lemon.— n. citrine colour: a rock crystal of this colour.— ns. Cit′ron-wood , Cit′rus-wood , the most costly furniture-wood of the ancient Romans.— Citric acid , the acid to which lemon and lime juice owe their sourne . [Fr.,—L. citrus —Gr. kitron , a citron.]