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LEMON
lemon, stinker
(noun) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize
(noun) a strong yellow color
lemon
(noun) a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
lemon
(noun) yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon
(noun) a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Lemon
A surname.
Anagrams
• Menlo, Monel, melon, nmole
Etymology
Noun
lemon (plural lemons)
A yellowish citrus fruit.
A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
(slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.
(Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
(fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
Synonyms
• (defective item): bomb
• (erotic fanfiction): PWP, smutfic
Adjective
lemon (comparative more lemon, superlative most lemon)
Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
(Cockney rhyming slang, from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.
Verb
lemon (third-person singular simple present lemons, present participle lemoning, simple past and past participle lemoned)
(transitive) To flavour with lemon.
Anagrams
• Menlo, Monel, melon, nmole
Source: Wiktionary
Lem"on, n. Etym: [F. limon, Per. lim; cf. Ar.laim, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a fruit.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus,the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree. Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass (Andropogon Shoenanthus, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.
– Lemon sole (Zoöl.), a yellow European sole (Solea aurantiaca).
– Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salis of sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic acid, under Oxalic. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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