etrog


et·rog

E5239150 (ĕt′rōg, -rəg, ĕt-rôg′)n. pl. et·rogs also et·ro·gim (ĕt-rə-gēm′) 1. A western Asian tree (Citrus medica var. etrog) having white flowers and sour yellow fruit.2. The fruit of this tree, used ceremonially in the Jewish festival of Sukkot.
[Aramaic and Mishnaic Hebrew 'etrōg, from Middle Persian wādrang, citron; akin to Sankrit māṭuluṅgam, from a source akin to Tamil mātaḷai, mātuḷai and Malayalam mātalam.]