flavedo (FLAY-vuh-doh) - n., the outermost skin of the rind of a citrus.
So the part with the flavored oils that you grate off in recipes, not the white pith. The word has no relation with flavor, though, as the latter arrived after a few vowel changes from Latin flātus, while this comes from Latin flavus, yellow.
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So the part with the flavored oils that you grate off in recipes, not the white pith. The word has no relation with flavor, though, as the latter arrived after a few vowel changes from Latin flātus, while this comes from Latin flavus, yellow.
---L.