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      lemon
      noun
      A yellowish citrus fruit.
      A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
      A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
      A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris).
      (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.
      (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
      (geometry) The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.
      A surname.
      An unincorporated community in McLean County, Kentucky, United States.
      A minor river in Devon, England, which joins the River Teign at Newton Abbot.
      (dated, fandom slang) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.
      (uncountable, rare) Lemon juice.
      verb
      (transitive) To flavour with lemon.
      adjective
      Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
      Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
      (Cockney rhyming slang, from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.
      Roots
      limunlemon- · Arabic · citrus fruit
      Synonyms for lemon
      citronnlimenverjuicevinegarnsouradj
      Words related to lemon
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      Words related to lemon

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      Where does lemon come from?

      The word lemon breaks down into one root of Arabic origin: the root lemon, from Arabic limun (“citrus fruit”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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