Citrine (colour) than it is today and could be "reddish or brownish yellow; or orange; or amber (distinguished from yellow)". In today's English citrine as a colour is mostly confined to the contexts of (1) gemstones, including quartz, and (2) some animal and plant names. E.g., the citrine wagtail ("Motacilla citreola"), an Asian bird species with golden-yellow plumage, or the citrine warbler, citrine canary-flycatcher, citrine forktail, etc. Citrine (colour) Citrine is a colour, the most common reference for which is certain coloured varieties of quartz which are a medium deep shade of golden yellow. Citrine has been summarized at various times as
Yemenite Hebrew (), instead of "rūbeh/rabah" (), saying with a play on words: “The members of Isse's household would say in the name of Isse: Why is it called "dūkeh"? It is because she pounds [the spiced ingredients] with him.” The Hebrew word for "pound" is "dakh" (), which rules out the spelling of " "rabah" " (), as found in the printed editions. Today, the Jews of Yemen, in their vernacular of Hebrew, still call the "charoseth" by the name "dūkeh". Other quintessential Hebrew words which have been preserved by the Jews of Yemen is their manner of calling a receipt