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Lemon and Citrus Definitions

Lemon

A spiny evergreen tree (Citrus limon) native to Asia, widely cultivated for its oval yellow fruit.

Citrus

Any of various evergreen, usually spiny shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus and other genera in the family Rutaceae, such as the grapefruit, lemon, and orange, native to South and Southeast Asia and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits with a leathery aromatic rind.

Lemon

The fruit of this tree, having an aromatic rind and juicy, acid pulp.

Citrus

The fruit of any of these plants.

Lemon

Lemon yellow.

Citrus

Of or relating to any of the citrus plants or their fruits.
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Lemon

(Informal) One that is unsatisfactory or defective
Their new car turned out to be a lemon.

Citrus

Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

Lemon

Lemon-yellow.

Citrus

The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.

Lemon

Made from lemons.

Citrus

Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.
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Lemon

Tasting or smelling like lemons.

Citrus

A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, lime, tangerine, citron, grapefruit, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

Lemon

A yellowish citrus fruit.

Citrus

Any tree belonging to the genus Citrus, having leathery evergreen leaves and bearing a soft pulpy fruit covered by a thick skin; - called also citrus tree.

Lemon

A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

Citrus

The fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Citrus, having a thick shiny skin and a soft, sweet to tart pulp.
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Lemon

A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.

Citrus

Any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions

Lemon

A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

Citrus

Any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds

Lemon

(slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.
He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.

Lemon

Favor.
A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon! I could get it for half that.

Lemon

(fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.

Lemon

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

Lemon

Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

Lemon

Smart; cheeky, vocal.

Lemon

(transitive) To flavour with lemon.
You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.

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 Citrus Limonum or Citrus Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.

Lemon

The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.

Lemon

Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

Lemon

A strong yellow color

Lemon

A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

Lemon

A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons

Lemon

An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory

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