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LEMON TREE [4 records]

Record 1 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The tree which bears lemons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Arbrisseau [...] qui produit le citron.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2012-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

An area planted with lemon trees (Citrus limon).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Lieu où sont plantés des citronniers (Citrus limon).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

1. any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.

OBS

Plural: citrus

Key term(s)
  • citrus tree

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Arbre (aurantiacées) qui produit les fruits appelés agrumes, bigaradier, cédratier, citronnier, clémentinier, mandarinier, oranger, pamplemoussier.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
  • Chocolate and Confectionery
DEF

The fruit of the citron tree, a variety of Citrus medica, distinguished from the lemon by the absence of an umbo(a pointed knob) at the end and by its very thick rind.

OBS

The rind is candied and used in confections and pastries. The fingered citron is a variety in which the fruit is curiously divided into large fingerlike lobes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie
DEF

Sorte de citron volumineux et à peau épaisse utilisé en confiserie et en confiturerie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
  • Productos de confitería y chocolatería
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