Candied citron is used in nougats, while and the aforementioned brocciu and chestnuts are also used in desserts.

Along with dwelling in a sukkah, the principal ritual unique to this holiday is use of the Four Species ( lulav ( palm ), hadass ( myrtle ), aravah ( willow ) and etrog ( citron ).

The Diamante citron is one of the citrus fruits.

The name was similarly applied to citron and the word citrus is derived from the same root.

While in modern Hebrew this is the name for any variety of citron, its English usage applies to those varieties and specimens used as one of the Four Species.

The Arabic name for the citron fruit, itranj ( اترنج ), mentioned in hadith literature, is also associated with the Hebrew.

The most accepted indicators are as following: 1 ) a pure etrog has a thick rind, in contrast to its narrow pulp segments which are also almost dry, 2 ) the outer surface of an etrog fruit is ribbed and warted, and 3 ) the etrog peduncle is somewhat buried inward ; a lemon or different citron hybrid is opposing one or all of the specifications.

A source of confusion is that citron or similar words in French, Hungarian, Finnish, Latvian, the West Slavic languages and all Germanic languages but English are false friends, as they actually refer to the lemon.

The citron is unlike the more common citrus species, such as the lemon or orange.

The main content of a citron fruit is the thick white rind, which adheres to the segments, and cannot be separated from them easily.

Today the citron is used for the fragrance or zest of its flavedo, but the most important part is still the inner rind ( known as pith or albedo ), which is a fairly important article in international trade and is widely employed in the food industry as succade, as it is known when it is candied in sugar.

There is a rising market for the citron in the United States for the use of its soluble fiber found in its thick albedo.

The citron is also used by Jews ( the word for it in Hebrew is etrog ) for a religious ritual during the Feast of Tabernacles ; therefore is considered as a Jewish symbol, and is found on various Hebrew antiques and archeological findings.

In Iran, the citron's thick white rind is used to make jam ; in Pakistan the fruit is used to make jam as well as pickled ; in South Indian cuisine, the citron is widely used in pickles and preserves.

Another wood from this tree was called citrus, citron wood, by the Romans.

Usually a citrus fruit, other than an etrog or citron hybrid like the bergamot, does not preserve its pitam.

There is molecular evidence that all other cultivated citrus species arose by hybridization among four ancestral types, which are the citron, pomelo, mandarin and papeda.

The citron is believed to be the purest of them all, since it is usually fertilized by self-pollination, and is therefore generally considered to be a male parent of any citrus hybrid rather than a female one.

The citron has been cultivated since ancient times, predating the cultivation of other citrus species.

The sour / citrus flavor prominent in this dish often comes from the peel of a Thai citrus fruit called Som Saa ( a variety of citron ).

This chain of tradition includes the interpretation of unclear statements in the Bible ( e. g. that the " fruit of a beautiful tree " refers to a citron as opposed to any other fruit ), the methods of textual exegesis ( the disagreements recorded in the Mishna and Talmud generally focus on methods of exegesis ), and Laws with Mosaic authority that cannot be derived from the Biblical text ( these include measurements ( e. g. what amount of an non-kosher food must one eat to be liable ), the amount and order of the scrolls to be placed in the phylacteries, etc.

The Digambara sect of Jainism gives him six weapons and three heads ; while the Svetambaras portray him with four to six arms, numerous choices of weapons, though his attributes, the money bag and citron fruit are consistent.

:" On the first day, you must take for yourself a fruit of the citron tree, an unopened palm frond ( lulav ), myrtle branches, and willows grow near the brook.

Since the citron blooms several times a season, fruit may also be picked during July and August, and even in June.

Other, rarer fruit lambic flavorings include apple ( pomme ), banana ( banane ), pineapple ( ananas ), apricot ( abricotier ), plum ( prunier ), cloudberry ( plaquebière ), lemon ( citron ), and blueberry ( bleuet ).

The citron fruit is usually ovate or oblong, narrowing towards the stylar end.

Citrus bergamia is sometimes confused with ( but is not the same as ) Citrus medica ( citron, the yellow fruit of which is also known as etrog ).

* etrog ( אתרוג ) – the fruit of a citron tree

It is made from the fruit and leaves of the citron tree, which is similar to the lemon tree but stronger and slightly different in taste.

* Diamante citron, a type of citron fruit from Italy

Etrog () refers to the yellow citron or Citrus medica used by Jews on the week-long holiday of Sukkot.

This seems to depend upon the GTPase RhoA, which influences several downstream effectors ( such as the protein kinases ROCK and citron ) to promote myosin activation ( by influencing the phosphorylation of Myosin regulatory light chain ( rMLC )) and actin filament assembly ( by regulating formin protein ) at a particular region of the cell cortex.

A general DNA study was arranged by the world-renowned researcher of the etrog, Prof. Goldschmidt and colleagues, who positively testified 12 famous accessions of citron for purity and being genetically related.

It is thought that by the time of Theophrastus, the citron was mostly cultivated in the Persian Gulf on its way to the Mediterranean basin, where it was cultivated during the later centuries in different areas as described by Erich Isaac.

The citron has also been mentioned widely in Islamic literature and its significance has been attested by Muhammad.

The name is a shortened form of quercicitron, from Latin quercus, oak, and citron, lemon, and was invented by Dr Edward Bancroft ( 1744 – 1821 ), who by act of parliament in 1785 was granted special privileges in regard to the importation and use of the substance.

The Orangery at Margam Park, Wales, was built between 1787 and 1793 to house a large collection of orange, lemon and citron trees inherited by Thomas Mansel Talbot.

It is prepared by pickling the sanma in salt and vinegar ( depending on the region, bitter orange or citron vinegar may be used ), and then placing it on top of vinegared rice to create the finished sushi.

Still, he had liked the way she had looked, in a fresh, neat cotton dress -- citron yellow, if he remembered.

blackberries, Zizyphus Lotus, the sidr of the Arabs, the banana, lily, citron, and fig.

It contains candied orange, citron, and lemon zest, as well as raisins, which are added dry and not soaked.

* Fig, papaya, mango, orange, citron, pear, peach, pumpkin, sweet potato ( among others ) sweets and preserves, often eaten with solid fresh cheese and / or doce de leite.

English: kaffir lime ; French: citron combera, citron ridé ; Indonesian / Malay: jeruk obat, jeruk purut, limau purut ; Khmer: krô: ch saë: ch ; Thai magrood ; also known as combava, kieffer lime, makrut lime or kabuyao / cabuyao.

Quinces, figs, dates, grapes, pomegranates, various types of apples, apricots, peaches, cherries, pears, plums, currants, strawberries, blackberries, medlars, elderberries, mulberries, azaroles, citron, raspberries, and melons were grown.

Nahmanides ( 1194 – c. 1270 ) suggests that the word was the original Hebrew name for the citron.