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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.
2. n. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
3. n. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
4. n. a strong yellow color
5. n. a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
6. n. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
7. n. an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
8. 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 Shoenanthus, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery. -- Lemon sole (Zoöl.), 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 salis of sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic acid, under Oxalic. [Colloq.]
9. An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containinga pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree ofthe genus Citrus,the common fruit known in commerce being that of thespecies C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are manyvarieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
10. n:100 n. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh n. a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit n. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons n. an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory