Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pigment composed of chromate of zinc, of a bright pale-lemon color, of little strength, and not very permanent.
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Examples
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There, in an old cider apple orchard, carpeted with long meadow grass and wild flowers, you'll find a traditional "bow-top, open-lot" red and citron-yellow Gypsy caravan.
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This small outlying peak is clad in the gaudiest of colours, especially a vivid citron-yellow, set off by red and rusty surroundings, which are streaked with a dead chalky-white.
The Land of Midian 2003
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Her citron-yellow blouse set off the strand of turquoise and silver she wore about her neck.
The Turquoise Mask Whitney, Phyllis A. 1973
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Flesh white, tending to citron-yellow at the centre or heart of the root; somewhat coarse in texture.
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Flowers large and handsome, citron-yellow; the tube short, and hidden in the mammae; the petals
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Adametz [76] discovered in a sample of cooked milk a peculiar form (_Bacillus synxanthus_) that produced a citron-yellow appearance which precipitated and finally rendered soluble the casein.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying 1910
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It was on a beautiful autumn day; the fall of the foliage was going on apace and the path which led to the lake was quite covered with the citron-yellow leaves from the elms and maples; here and there were spots of a darker foliage.
Mogens and Other Stories Anna [Translator] Grabow 1866
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This small outlying peak is clad in the gaudiest of colours, especially a vivid citron-yellow, set off by red and rusty surroundings, which are streaked with a dead chalky-white.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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A fine green overspreads all the upper part of the body, a blue fringe borders the feathers of the wings; and a bright citron-yellow is diffused over the forehead, neck, breast, and belly.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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Next, reaching down into the leaves to the base of my favorite old-fashioned daylily, the citron-yellow Hemerocallis "Hyperion," to grasp the dry flower stalks one at a time with one hand while severing them with the clippers in my other hand.
Aspen Times - Top Stories Anna Naeser Special to The Aspen Times Aspen 2010
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