Is the Etrog really the fruit Leviticus intended?

FOR SUKKOT: Five Alternatives to the Etrog (Dr. Rabbi David Z. Moster, TheTorah.com).

The etrog has been identified as the Torah’s פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר, “fruit of trees of beauty” (Leviticus 23:40), since the Second Temple period. Here are five other interpretations of this verse.

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