citron tree

1. 1.

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

   SynonymscitronCitrus medica

   Broadercitrus

   Partscitron

Questions about citron tree

What does citron tree mean?

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

What is another word for citron tree?

Close synonyms include citron, 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 tree a common word?

citron tree 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.