lemon
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French limon (“citrus”), from Arabic ليمون (laymūn) or Persian لیمون (limun). Cognate with Sanskrit निम्ब (nimbū, “lime”).
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lemon (plural lemons)
- A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree that bears such fruits.
- A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
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lemon flesh colour: -
lemon rind colour:
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- (slang) A defective or inadequate item.
- He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) favour, favor.
- A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
- (fandom slang) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.
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- (defective item): bomb
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terms derived from lemon
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citrus fruit
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tree
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defective item
colour/color
taste
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[edit] 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.
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having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons
having the colour/color of lemons
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lemon
- accusative singular of lemo
