different between cistron vs citron

English

Etymology

Coined by American molecular biologist Seymour Benzer in 1957, named in the context of using a "cis-trans comparison" for identifying " […] whether two mutants, having similar defects, are indeed defective in the same way."

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Noun

cistron (plural cistrons)

1. The unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein; sometimes used interchangeably with the word gene.

   Synonym: (sometimes) gene

Derived terms

• bicistron
• cistronic
• polycistron

References

Anagrams

• Citrons, citrons, cornist, cortins

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t??n/

Noun

citron (countable and uncountable, plural citrons)

1. A greenish yellow colour.

2. A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
3. The fruit of a citron tree.
4. The candied rind of the citron fruit.

Translations

Adjective

citron (comparative more citron, superlative most citron)

1. Of a greenish yellow colour.

Derived terms

• citron melon
• citron wood
• citronetin
• citronin

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• cortin

Czech

Alternative forms

• citrón

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?s?tron/

Noun

citron m

1. lemon

Declension

Related terms

• citroník

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French citron (“lemon, lime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [si?t???o?n]
• Rhymes: -o??n

Noun

citron c (singular definite citronen, plural indefinite citroner)

1. lemon (yellowish citrus fruit; taste or flavor of lemons)

Inflection

Further reading

• citron on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Esperanto

Noun

citron

1. accusative singular of citro

French

Etymology

From Latin citrus (“citron tree, thuja”), probably connected with Ancient Greek ?????? (kédros, “cedar, juniper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.t???/

Noun

citron m (plural citrons)

1. lemon
2. lime (citrus)
3. brimstone (butterfly)
4. (colloquial) noggin (head)
5. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)
6. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) East Asian

   Synonym: see Est-Asiatique

   Hyponym: chinetoque

Derived terms

• citron pressé
• citron vert
• citronellal
• citronellol
• citronnade
• citronnat
• citronnelle
• citronner
• citronneraie
• citronnier
• jaune citron
• ne rien avoir dans le citron
• presse-citron
• quercitron
• se presser le citron

References

Further reading

• “citron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??tru?n/

Noun

citron c

1. a lemon

Declension

Derived terms

• citronträd
• citronlemonad
• citronsyra