A type of fruit with a leathery rind and segmented interior, including citrus fruits like oranges and lemons.
From Hesperides (Greek mythological garden), plus -idia suffix. The term references the golden apples (actually citrus fruits) from the garden of the Hesperides in Greek mythology.
Ancient Greeks called oranges and lemons the 'apples of the Hesperides'—a magical garden at the world's edge—and scientists kept that mythological name for the entire fruit type!
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