About The Word Lemon
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Lemon
Lemon Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Lemon?
[n] (informal) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
[n] a strong yellow color [n] a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons [n] yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh [n] a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit Synonyms | Synonyms for Lemon: Citrus limon | gamboge | lemon tree | lemon yellow | maize | stinker Related Terms | Find terms related to Lemon: acid | acidulant | aureate | auric | beige | bomb | bread-and-butter pickle | buff | buff-yellow | bust | canary | canary-yellow | chokecherry | citron | citron-yellow | crab apple | cream | creamy | dill pickle | dud | dull thud | ecru | fallow | fizzle | flat failure | flaxen | flop | floperoo | frost | gilded | gilt | gold | gold-colored | golden | green apple | lemon-yellow | lime | loser | luteolous | lutescent | ocherish | ocherous | ochery | ochreous | ochroid | ochrous | ochry | or | pickle | primrose | primrose-colored | primrose-yellow | saffron | saffron-colored | saffron-yellow | sallow | sand-colored | sandy | sour | sour balls | sour cream | sour grapes | sour pickle | sourdough | straw | straw-colored | total loss | turkey | verjuice | vinegar | washout | xanthic | xanthous | yellow | yellowish | yogurt See Also | artefact | artifact | citrous fruit | citrus | citrus | citrus fruit | Citrus limetta | Citrus limon | citrus tree | flavor | flavour | genus Citrus | lemon | lemon | lemon peel | lemon rind | lemon tree | relish | sapidity | savor | savour | smack | sweet lemon | sweet lime | tang | yellow | yellowness Lemon In Webster's Dictionary \Lem"on\ (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n;
cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. {Lime} a
fruit.]
1. (Bot.) 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 Sh[oe]nanthus}, and perhaps other allied
species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.
{Lemon sole} (Zo["o]l.), 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 {salts of
sorrel}. It is used in removing ink stains. See {Oxalic
acid}, under {Oxalic}. [Colloq.]
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