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Citron


Definition:

  • (n.) A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.
  • (n.) A citron tree.
  • (n.) A citron melon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Citron suggested a few solutions , including making sure that laws are technology and platform agnostic; allowing prosecutors to present to judges and juries a totality of the abuse; and increasing penalties for those convicted.
  • (2) Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and the author of the soon-to-be-released Hate Crimes in Cyberspace , told me (in a conversation about a related Supreme Court case ) that the problem is that the law moves much slower than the internet does.
  • (3) From The Great British Bake Off: How to Bake (BBC Books, RRP £20) Mary Berry's tarte au citron Mary Berry's tarte au citron.
  • (4) The chalazal halves of ovules of C. media L. 'Citron of Commerce' were used as control repressor source.
  • (5) The final technical challenge went, counter-intuitively, back to basics, asking the rivals to make miniature versions of three patisserie classics: sponge cake, tart au citron and scones.
  • (6) It also helped that Birtwhistle – nicknamed “Fancy Nancy” – avoided the catastrophes in the final suffered by both Burr, whose tarte au citron was described by Berry as “sort of sweet scrambled egg”, and the third finalist, graphic designer Luis Troyano.
  • (7) But Burr, who had never made a tarte au citron before, said his plan was to “whack it in the oven and hope for the best”.
  • (8) Recovery from the repressor did not occur readily in Citrus nucellus following recultures in citron-ovule-free medium; carrot callus resumed normal embryogenesis immediately upon transfer to suppressor-free medium.
  • (9) They've joined forces with two academics, Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland, and Mary Anne Franks, a law professor at the University of Miami, and are working on draft legislation for anti-revenge bills in 22 states and pushing for a new federal law.
  • (10) The site was profitable after the first year, according to Alan Citron, general manager of TMZ.com from just after it launched until late last year.
  • (11) Citron is quick to defend their use of chequebook journalism.
  • (12) The site, which attracts about 10 million unique users a month, created waves at Warner Bros in the early days with some of its scoops, according to Citron, now president of Buzz Media.
  • (13) A series of viroids and viroid-like RNAs extracted from citron (Citrus medica), grapevine (Vitis vinifera), and avocado (Persea americanum) displayed differential binding capacities to cellulose in the presence of ethanol.
  • (14) Prof Danielle Citron, an expert in law and online harassment , told Fast Company that there was an small upside to Elonis’ win: “It implicitly suggests that threats online are no different [than threats made via other interstate communication methods]” – which was not the case before the decision.
  • (15) Only then did they unleash hell on poor Richard, when they trashed his tarte au citron with impunity.
  • (16) The present results essentially coincided with the amino acid sequence predicted from the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA recently reported by Citron et al.
  • (17) No dsRNA was detected in equivalent extracts from noninoculated sweet orange and citron.
  • (18) TMZ on Christian Bale's expletive-laden rant According to Citron, Levin was a hard taskmaster who would work all hours.
  • (19) One major dsRNA of molecular weight (MW) 13.3 X 10(6) and two others (MW 1.9 X 10(6) and 0.8 X 10(6] were routinely detected by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in extracts from sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) or citron (Citrus medica) infected with each of 66 isolates of citrus tristeza virus (CTV).
  • (20) Without any doubt whatsoever, it is one of the best things I have done in my life.” Birtwhistle, who had been labelled the show’s queen of consistency, earned top marks in the final’s technical challenge with her tarte au citron – described by Berry as her “piece de resistance”.

Citrus


Definition:

  • (n.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Adult Persian lime trees grafted on Citrus macrophylla and C. volkameriana were used, planted on a groundwater-affected red ferrilytic soil in the La Habana Province.
  • (2) However, even if you prefer Marmite to marmalade on your toast, citrus peel is a powerful tool in the kitchen, especially at this time of year, when bright, fresh flavours are at a premium.
  • (3) Calculations were based on the contamination of 2310 specimens of citrus fruits, pitted and seedy fruits and vegetables collected in the 1985-86 and 1989 campaigns.
  • (4) It is not so much a problem affecting a specific cultivation, but rather a conflict of food security.” Citrus crops have already been hit by the heat this year, with production of some types of mandarins and clementines forecast to be down by as much as 25%.
  • (5) The kind of inhibition on kiwi pectin methylesterase was found to be competitive with an apparent Ki of 0.22 microM, using citrus pectin as a substrate.
  • (6) In contrast to the eight cows that developed the syndrome only one out of 68 heifers which were fed larger quantities of citrus pulp for 10 days developed mild signs of the syndrome and then recovered, suggesting that older animals may be more susceptible.
  • (7) When sharpened with citrus and lubricated with olive oil, this is a real delight.
  • (8) The zesty, citrus whiff of oranges freshens up the January kitchen, drawing a line under heavy celebratory food, and lighting up the virtuous, but enticing path to a lighter, healthier diet.
  • (9) Flavonoids in immature citrus fruit decomposed gradually by standing after divided horizontally in two parts.
  • (10) Despite its rich, earthy, nutty flavour, the taste is very delicate, and thus pairs really well with a sharp citrus reduction.
  • (11) The recent trends in the possible use of irradiation as an alternative treatment to chemical fumigants for disinfestation of citrus and avocados and the prospects for the future application of irradiation for preservation of some of these fruits are outlined.
  • (12) PVP was prepared from dry citrus (lemon, orange) peels by special technology.
  • (13) Heidi was nauseous, slept all day and started craving citrus fruits and salty things.
  • (14) The effect of grapefruit pectin (Citrus paradisi) on plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and the low-density lipoprotein:high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio was studied.
  • (15) The antioxidative activities of twenty types of citrus fruits were investigated with a screening method which is based on rat liver microsomal lipid peroxidation induced by dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).
  • (16) In Czapek medium containing citrus pectin, pectin lyase (PL; EC 4.2.2.10) was produced faster and at higher amounts than in a medium containing NaPP as the sole carbon source.
  • (17) Alcoholic extracts of the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga, Andrographis paniculata, bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, rind of Citrus decumana, Desmodium triflorum, seeds of Hydnocarpus wightiana, rhizomes of Kaempfaria galanga, Lippia nodiflora, tender leaves of Morinda citrifolia, rhizomes of Pollia serzogonian, Tephrosia purpuria and rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbeth showed good in vitro anthelmintic activity against human Ascaris lumbricoides.
  • (18) of a liquid meal containing 20 g citrus pectin, 35.0 g sucrose and 100 mg phenol red made up to 1 l. was introduced.
  • (19) The quantitative analysis of eight kinds of methoxylated flavonoids in Citrus iyo Hort.
  • (20) Designations which can be used to describe distinct viroids within the four groups include (i) CEVd-g, a grapevine isolate of citrus exocortis viroid, (ii) GVd-c, a grapevine viroid recovered from cucumber, and AGVd, Australian grapevine viroid, (iii) GYSVd-1 and GYSVd-2, two viroids inducing yellow speckle disease and (iv) HSVd-g, a grapevine isolate of hop stunt viroid.

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