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lemon

Definition

  • noun: a yellow citrus fruit that has a sour taste
  • noun: an acid fruit that is botanically a many-seeded pale yellow oblong berry produced by a small thorny citrus tree ('Citrus limon') and that has a rind from which an aromatic oil is extracted
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: acid, acidulant, aureate

Examples

  • The recipe calls for the juice of two 'lemons'.

  • Garnish it with a slice of 'lemon'.

  • Our new car is a 'lemon'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Hal? It's a tumor, Paul. A brain tumor. They got... ...x- ray pictures of it. It's the size of a lemon, they said. And... ...way down... ...deep inside, where they can't operate. I haven't told her. (..)
    1999 The Green Mile