dra ined . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁The ▁word ▁originally ▁comes ▁from ▁Ar ama ic ▁summ ā q ā ▁' red ', ▁via ▁Arab ic , ▁Latin , ▁and ▁French . ▁ ▁Us es ▁The ▁fruit ▁has ▁a ▁s our ▁taste ; ▁d ried ▁and ▁cr ushed , ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁sp ice ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East . ▁Im m ature ▁f ruits ▁and ▁se eds ▁are ▁also ▁e aten . ▁M ature ▁f ruits ▁were ▁also ▁known ▁well ▁before ▁lem ons ▁to ▁the ▁Europe ans ▁since ▁the ▁times ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁Rom ans , ▁who ▁appreciated ▁its ▁s our ness ▁and ▁used ▁it ▁in ▁v ina ig rett es ▁like ▁ ▁in ▁modern ▁era ▁we ▁use ▁lem ons . ▁It ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁used ▁and ▁also ▁clin ically ▁investig ated ▁for ▁li pid ▁lower ing ▁effects . ▁ ▁The ▁leaves ▁and ▁the ▁b ark ▁were ▁tradition ally ▁used ▁in ▁le ather ▁t anning ▁and ▁contain ▁t ann ic ▁acid . ▁ ▁D yes ▁of ▁various ▁colours , ▁red , ▁yellow , ▁black , ▁and ▁brown , ▁can ▁be ▁made ▁from ▁different ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁plant . ▁ ▁O il ▁extracted ▁from ▁the ▁se eds ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁cand les . ▁ ▁Im ages ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁cor iar ia ▁Category : Sp ices ▁Category : Fl ora ▁of ▁Europe ▁Category : Pl ants ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 7 5 3 <0x0A> </s> ▁H ala ▁M OS i R ▁( ac ron ym ▁for ▁M iej skiego ▁O ś rod