It is the thick-skinned species ofcitrons called cedri which is here cultivated; they are also produced in abundance all along the west coast, but more especially in Centuri.
The wine of Luri is beautiful, and the citrons of this valley are said to be the finest produced in the countries of the Mediterranean.
These citrons are imported into England from the East; and for unblemished specimens of the latter which reach London, high prices are paid.
The Candied Peel which we employ as a confection is got from one of the citrons (a variety of the lemon); whilst another of this tribe is esteemed for religious purposes in Jewish synagogues.
They cried out that he was unworthy of his office, and pelted him with thecitrons which they were carrying as the Law prescribed.
Magnolias reach to the tops of the houses, myrtles grow to a height of thirty feet or more, palms and eucalyptus flourish, and oranges, lemons, and citrons do well in the open air.
Palms and other sub-tropical trees grow without protection at several places on the south coast; and at Kingsbridge and other towns pomegranates, oranges, lemons, and citrons will ripen their fruit in the open air.
Theophrastus says that Citrons were considered an antidote to poisons, for which purpose Virgil recommended them in his Georgics.
Its trunk was silver, and its leaves were silver, and on the branch nearest his window hung three silver citrons, and they were exactly like the silver citrons he had brought from the Troll's home under the mountain.
However, he took up the citrons and hid them in his bosom, and then, as there seemed nothing better to do, he set out for home again, for after having seen three such beauties as that he would never be satisfied with any one else.
Keep the citrons until you come to a running stream.
Then they changed themselves into three silver citrons and rolled about this way and that, all over the room.
Then he took the silver knife and the golden cup and hastened down to the stream where he had opened the citrons before.
She raised citrons and limes, and even cultivated the wide spreading tamarind tree whose fruit was of such value to Epictetus, the physician of Greece, in cooling the fires of fever.
At Fondi, we had oranges and citrons for nothing, the trees growing in every corner, charged with fruit.
In the gardens of the old Marquis Spinola, I saw huge citrons hanging on the trees, applied like our apricots to the walls.
At the end of a few days three most beautiful citrons appeared, similar to those which the ogress had given Ciommetiello.
There were already three citrons on the tree--three citrons exactly like those which the Fate had given him.
They include the extraction of gallic acid from chestnut-bark, the preparation of preserved citrons and other delicacies, and of macaroni and similar foods and the manufacture of fancy goods and cigars.
When the citrons are to be candied they are taken from the barrels and boiled in fresh water to soften them.
Would citrons do well there without irrigation, and would they be better than stock-beets for hog feed?
As you return, if you are hungry or thirsty, cut open one of the citrons and you will have food and drink in plenty.
From that tree hang the Three Citrons which send out fragrance for seven miles around.
If the citrons are destined for you they will fall into your hands of their own accord.
There are still two citronsand if I cut open one there would still be one left.
Then he knelt under the magic tree, lifted up his hands, and into them the Three Citrons dropped of their own accord!
Ah," said the prince, "now I know what kind of citrons you are!
And now, citrons and bananas, cups and calabashes, calumets and tobacco, were passed round; and we were all very merry and mellow indeed.
The story had for its hero a prince who went abroad so seek his fortune, and received from one of the Fates three magic citrons which he was told to cut by the side of a fountain.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "citrons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
