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   lemon

   /ˈlɛmən/

   noun

   • 1. a pale yellow oval citrus fruit with thick skin and fragrant, acidic juice: "the juice of seven lemons"
   • ▪ a drink made from or flavoured with lemon juice: "a port and lemon"
   • 2. the evergreen citrus tree which produces lemons, widely cultivated in warm climates.
   • 3. a pale yellow colour: "a lemon T-shirt"
   • 4. an unsatisfactory or feeble person or thing: informal "car-makers cannot afford to create lemons"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime2.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lemony adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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