CITRON TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does citron tree mean? 

• CITRON TREE (noun)
  The noun CITRON TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CITRON TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITRON TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

citron; citron tree; Citrus medica

Hypernyms ("citron tree" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "citron tree"):

citron (large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved)

Meronyms (substance of "citron tree"):

citronwood (wood of a citron tree)