Lemon meaning
Made with or from lemons.
adjective
Lemon yellow.
noun
Any of various shades of yellow.
- Pale yellow.
- Bright yellow.
- Greenish yellow.
noun
Having a flavor more or less like that of lemons.
adjective
One that is unsatisfactory or defective.
Their new car turned out to be a lemon.
noun
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Lemon-yellow.
adjective
A small, egg-shaped, edible citrus fruit with a yellow rind and a juicy, sour pulp, rich in ascorbic acid.
noun
A used car that develops numerous mechanical problems shortly after being purchased. Some states have lemon laws to protect consumers from these and other similar purchases.
An investment that performs poorly.
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The definition of a lemon is a yellow color, a small and yellow egg-shaped citrus fruit, or is slang for a poorly-made article that is defective.
An example of lemon as a color is a yellow flower.
An example of a lemon is the source of the citrus juice in a gin fizz cocktail.
An example of lemon is a car that never runs correctly even after being fixed repeatedly.
noun
The small, spiny, semitropical evergreen citrus tree (Citrus limon) bearing this fruit.
noun
Having the color of a lemon; pale to bright yellow.
adjective
Origin of lemon
- Middle English limon from Old French from Old Italian limone from Arabic laymūn ultimately from alteration (probably influenced by an Andalusian Romance augmentative suffix akin to Spanish -ón) of Persian līmū lemon, any of various citrus fruits lime
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition