What Is a Citron? The Ancient Fruit You Should Be Eating Now

What Is a Citron? The Ancient Fruit You Should Be Eating Now
Citrons are one of the original citrus fruits. Shutterstock
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Before the lemon, there was the citron.
This ancient fruit looks something like an overgrown, bumpy-skinned lemon, but is actually one of the oldest, original citrus fruits—from which all other types, including those more familiar lemons and limes, eventually developed.