lemon

  • 21lemon — I. noun Etymology: Middle English lymon, from Middle French limon, from Medieval Latin limon , limo, from Arabic laymūn, līmūn, from Persian līmū, līmun Date: 15th century 1. a. an acid fruit that is botanically a many seeded pale yellow oblong… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22Lemon — Por Lemon puede referirse a: Limón Lemon (anime), escritos basados en mangas y animes en las que se muestran relaciones sexuales. Lemon (canción), canción de U2. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título.… …

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  • 23lemon — noun 1 (C, U) a fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice: fish served with slices of lemon 2 (U) BrE a drink made from this fruit 3 (U) a pale yellow colour 4 (C) AmE informal something that is useless because it fails to work or work… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24lemon — n 1. citrus fruit, citron. 2. light yellow, pale yellow, lemon yellow, yellow. 3.Inf. Sl. dog, Inf. dud, bad or rotten apple, Sl. clunker, piece or hunk of junk. adj 4. lemonish, lemonlike, lemony; tangy, tart, sour, acid; lemon colored, pale… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 25lemon — The fruit of Citrus limon (family Rutaceae); a source of citric and ascorbic acid; the freshly expressed juice of the ripe fruit is used as a refrigerant diuretic in fever, in the form of lemonade. SYN: limon. [L. limon] * * * lem·on lem ən n an… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26lemon — lem|on [ lemən ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice. It grows on a lemon tree. Lemons are citrus fruits: Add the juice of half a lemon. 2. ) uncount a bright yellow color 3. ) count INFORMAL something that… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27lemon — n 1. something substandard, useless or worthless. The word is used, particularly in the USA, to apply particularly to cars which are unsaleable. It may also denote any dud , from an unattractive woman to a badly performing share in the stock… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 28lemon — /ˈlɛmən / (say lemuhn) noun 1. the yellowish acid fruit of the tree Citrus limon. 2. the tree itself. 3. clear, light yellow. 4. Colloquial something distasteful, disappointing, or unpleasant. 5. Colloquial a machine or other product which… …

  • 29lemon —  A defective product, especially a car. Lemon laws in the United States typically allow a manufacturer four attempts to fix a recurring problem.  ► “Now chairman Steve Roth has been presented with another lemon: the recent announcement that… …

    American business jargon

  • 30lemon — tikrasis citrinmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Rūtinių šeimos maistinis, vaistinis augalas (Citrus limon), kurio vaisiai valgomi, iš jų gaunamas tirštiklis, kvapiosios medžiagos, gaminami gėrimai; eterinis aliejus naudojamas… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)