flavedo
noun
fla·ve·do flə-ˈvē-(ˌ)dō 
flā-
: the colored outer layer of the rind of a citrus fruit : the pigmented exocarp of a hesperidium
… and the gadget's blade is precisely angled—insuring that you'll cut only into the lemon's flavedo, the colored outer skin that houses the fruit's essential oils.
Emily Gest
Emily GestThe flavedo is the outer colored peel of citrus. Cooks often call this part the zest. Jane Palmer
compare albedo Jane Palmer
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin flāvēdō "yellow color," from Latin flāvus "yellow" + -ēdō (as in Late Latin albēdō "whiteness") — more at blue entry 1, albedo
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
- undefendableness
- undefended
- undefiled
- undefinable
- undefined
- undefinedness
- undeflected
- undeflowered
- undefoliated
- undeformed
- undegenerate
- undeified
- undeifies
- undeify
- undeifying
- undelayed
- undelegated
- undeliberate
- undeliberateness
- undelight
- undelightful
- undelightfully
- undeliverability
- undeliverable
- undelivered