Lemon definition

lĕmən
lemons
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Having a flavor more or less like that of lemons.
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Made with or from lemons.
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Any of various shades of yellow.
  • Pale yellow.
  • Bright yellow.
  • Greenish yellow.
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Lemon yellow.
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A small, egg-shaped, edible citrus fruit with a yellow rind and a juicy, sour pulp, rich in ascorbic acid.
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(informal) One that is unsatisfactory or defective.

Their new car turned out to be a lemon.

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A spiny evergreen tree (Citrus limon) native to Asia, widely cultivated for its oval yellow fruit.
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The fruit of this tree, having an aromatic rind and juicy, acid pulp.
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Lemon-yellow.
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Made from lemons.
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Tasting or smelling like lemons.
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Something, esp. a manufactured article, that is defective or imperfect.
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An inadequate person.
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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.
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An investment that performs poorly.
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A surname​.
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The small, spiny, semitropical evergreen citrus tree (Citrus limon) bearing this fruit.
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Having the color of a lemon; pale to bright yellow.
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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.

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Noun

Singular:
lemon
Plural:
lemons

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

Lemon Sentence Examples

  • She focused on mixing dish soap and lemon juice in her palm.

  • The fruit trees commonly cultivated are the peach, apricot, apple, orange, lemon, pear, fig and plum.

  • Both crude and concentrated lime-juice is exported, and essential oils are extracted from the rind of the agrumi, more particularly from that of tile lemon and the berganlot.

  • Sicily is the chief centre of cultivationthe area occupied by lemon and orange orchards in the province of Palermo alone having increased from ff525 acres in 1854 to 54,340 in 1874.

  • While some people find plain water too bland, you can add fresh-squeezed lemon juice or mint to make it more palatable.

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