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Definition of Lemon

1. Noun. Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh.

2. Noun. A strong yellow color.

3. Noun. A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit.

4. Noun. A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons.

5. Noun. An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory.

Definition of Lemon

1. n. 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.

Definition of Lemon

1. Noun. A yellowish citrus fruit. ¹

2. Noun. A semitropical evergreen tree that bears such fruits. ¹

3. Noun. A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons. ¹

4. Noun. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits. ¹

5. Noun. (slang) A defective or inadequate item. ¹

6. Noun. (context: Cockney rhyming slang shortened from “lemon flavour”) favour, favor. ¹

7. Noun. (fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex. ¹

8. Adjective. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons. ¹

9. Adjective. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lemon

1. a citrus fruit [n -S] : LEMONISH, LEMONY [adj]

Medical Definition of Lemon

1. 1. 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, 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. Origin: F. Limon, Per. Limn; cf. Ar.laimn, Sp. Limon, It. Limone. Cf. Lime a fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemon

lemmoblast lemmocyte lemnian lemniscal lemniscal trigone lemniscate lemniscate of Bernouli lemniscates lemniscatic lemnisci

lemniscus lemniscus lateralis lemniscus medialis lemniscus spinalis lemniscus trigeminalis lemon-scented gum lemon-wood lemon-wood tree lemon balm lemon basil

lemon basils lemon cheese lemon chiffon lemon curd lemon drop lemon drops lemon extract lemon geranium

Literary usage of Lemon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"That this statement on his part is true seems to satisfactorily appear from the significant letter of April 13, 1915, from Frank lemon to Samuel lemon ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)
"PREPARATION OF THE lemon FOR MARKET. For a number of years extensive experiments have been conducted by lemon growers, with the aim to discover, ..."

3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1907)
"lemon EXTRACTS. In the analysis of lemon essences or extracts we have required that at least five per cent, of pure lemon oil should be present. ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The stocks used are sour orange aad rough lemon principally, but other stock may Ьэ used, and the lemon may also be raised from cuttings in the same manner ..."

5. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"There is little wonder that the use of lemon extract has rapidly decreased in ... ''Touching the matter of lemon extract especially, it would seem necessary ..."

6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The simplest method of preserving lemon juice in small quantities for medicinal or ... lemon juice is largely used on shipboard as a preventive of scurvy. ..."

7. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"•each lemon with its point down. If the boxes are kept any length of time in warehouses, they are opened every three weeks and each lemon carefully examined ..."

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