A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Citron (Eng.noun): Citrus medica L. (Rutaceae); classically, citreum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. citreo, the citron (Lewis & Short) [“probably a mutilation of [Gk.] kedros, cedrus (Lewis & Short)]; “Malus Assyria, a citron-tree” (Glare); Gk. kitron, ‘citron’, “borrowed from Lat. Citrium” (Liddell & Scott); see citrus,-i (s.f.II); see medicus,-a,-um (adj.A) (1).

NOTE: Latin ‘citrium’ is a gourd (see below).

Malum citreum, a citron (Glare).

- Acidus sapor gustum quoque penetrat & tenuitate ferit, sed citra ullum sensum caloris. Tale maxime in aceto deprehenditur, deinde etiam in succo mali cytrii [sic], limonum, &c. (Ray), ‘acidic’ is a taste and also goes as far as a flavor, and strikes [i.e.the mouth] with a thinness/fineness [i.e. less sharp (i.e. than ‘acer’)], but just short of any sense of heat. It is of such a kind as is mostly detected in sour wine [i.e. vinegar], and then also in the juice of the citron, of lemons &c.

Medicosma,-ae (s.f.I): referring to the citrus lemon scent of the leaves [cf. Citrus medica L., the citron].