lemon

Speech parts

1. lemon - Noun

2. lemon - Adjective

3. lemon - Verb

4. Lemon - Proper noun

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

citron bomb maize citrus fruit stinker gamboge lemon tree lemon yellow amber berry canary pippin cottonwood sandy junker
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Antonyms

daisy pippin first lady corker success dream
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Hypernyms

yellow artifact citrus fruit citrus tree berry tang

Hyponyms

sweet lime Citrus limetta sweet lemon

Phrases with the word

do me a lemon lemon-scented tea-tree sicklefin lemon shark buy a lemon Philippine lemon lemon curry

Anagrams

melon Menlo Monel nmole

Examples

My 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

Close letter words and terms

Lemoine point Lemola lemology lemon ant lemon balm lemon bars