1. lemon - Noun
2. lemon - Adjective
3. lemon - Verb
4. Lemon - Proper noun
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.
The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMy living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was actually twelve miles from a lemon. Sydney Smith
I pressed down the mental accelerator. The old lemon throbbed fiercely. I got an idea. P. G. Wodehouse
I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade. Kevin Mitnick
Only when you have eaten a lemon do you appreciate what sugar is. Ukrainian Proverb
If you stab out the eye of thy neighbor cut off two finger and dip them in honey. Cook them in lemon curd and present them to his family in a pigeon pie. If they dine on a full moon his eye will sprout again from it's socket. Gypsy Proverb
A lemon that grows in ripening, is not agreeable (i.e., does not taste well). African Congo Proverb