Opinicus wrote:
>> "Jean B." > wrote
>>> BTW, I have seen citron spoken of as a melon too, I think. I am about to
>>> go out but will ponder this more and maybe do a bit of looking around
>>> here.
>
> Opincus wrote
>
>> Here in Turkey I've seen bergamots that were big enough to be confused
>> with very knobbly melons, at least at first sight.
>
> After posting that I also remembered that the citron (Citrus medica) is
> called "agackavunu" in Turkish, which literally means "tree-melon".
>
We seem to be finding some rationale for this confusing thing.

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Jean B.