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 Definitions of Lemon  [ˈlɛm ən]  

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Definition of 'Lemon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lemon
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree,
Citrus limon.

2.  lemon
the tree itself.

3.  lemon
Informal. a person or thing that proves to be defective, imperfect, or unsatisfactory; dud:
Our car turned out to be a lemon.

4. (adj.) lemon
made of or with lemon.

5.  lemon
having the color, taste, or odor of lemon.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; alter. of ME lymon < ML līmō, s. līmōn- < Pers līmū, līmun)

Definition of 'Lemon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lemon
yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

2. (noun) gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize
a strong yellow color

3. (noun) lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon
a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

4. (noun) lemon
a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons

5. (noun) lemon, stinker
an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory


Definition of 'Lemon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) lemon
a yellow citrus fruit
a slice of lemon

2.  lemon
a machine that does not work properly
My first car was a lemon.


Definition of 'Lemon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Lemon
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. (noun) Lemon
the tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree


Translation of 'Lemon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of) a type of oval, juicy, citrus fruit with pale yellow skin and very sour juice
She added the juice of a lemon to the pudding; a lemon drink.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: suurlemoen Arabic flag Arabic: ثَمَرَة أو شَجَرَة الليمو Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лимон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: limão Czech flag Czech: citrón; citrónový German flag German: die Zitrone, Zitronen-...
Danish flag Danish: citron Greek flag Greek: λεμόνι Spanish flag Spanish: limón
Estonian flag Estonian: sidrun Farsi flag Farsi: لیمو Finnish flag Finnish: sitruuna
French flag French: citron Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִימוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: नींबू
Croatian flag Croatian: limun Hungarian flag Hungarian: citrom Indonesian flag Indonesian: jeruk lemon
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sítróna Italian flag Italian: limone Japanese flag Japanese: レモン
Korean flag Korean: 레몬 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: citrina Latvian flag Latvian: citrons
Malay flag Malay: lemon Dutch flag Dutch: citroen Norwegian flag Norwegian: sitron
Polish flag Polish: cytryna Persian flag Persian: لیمو Pashto flag Pashto: ليمو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: limão Romanian flag Romanian: lămâi; lămâie Russian flag Russian: лимон
Slovak flag Slovak: citrón; citrónový Slovenian flag Slovenian: limona; limonin Serbian flag Serbian: limun
Swedish flag Swedish: citron Thai flag Thai: มะนาว Turkish flag Turkish: limon
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 檸檬,檸檬的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: лимон Urdu flag Urdu: نیبو، لیموں
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quả chanh Chinese flag Chinese: 柠檬,柠檬的

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