citron

1. 1.

   large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved

   Broadercitrus
2. 2.

   thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind

   Synonymscitron treeCitrus medica

   Broadercitrus

Other forms of citron

plural

citrons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about citron

What does citron mean?

citron means "large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in citron?

citron has 2 syllables: cit-ron. The stress falls on "cit". In IPA it is /ˈsɪtɹən/.

What is another word for citron?

Close synonyms include citron tree, Citrus medica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is citron a common word?

citron is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.