Lemon

Noun

 * 1) A yellowish citrus fruit.
 * 2) A semitropical evergreen tree that bears such fruits.
 * 3) A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
 * 4) A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
 * 5)  A defective or inadequate item.
 * He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
 * 1)  favour, favor.
 * A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
 * 1)  A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.
 * A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
 * 1)  A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.

Synonyms

 * bomb

Derived terms

 * bitter lemon
 * lemon balm
 * lemon cheese
 * lemon chiffon
 * lemon chiffon pie
 * lemon crab
 * lemon curd
 * lemon drop
 * lemon grass
 * lemon juice


 * lemon law
 * lemon lime
 * lemon meringue pie
 * lemon myrtle
 * lemon soda
 * lemon sole
 * lemon squeezer
 * lemon squash
 * lemon thyme
 * lemon verbena


 * lemon vervain
 * lemon yellow
 * lemonade
 * lemonade berry
 * lemon-belly
 * lemongrass
 * lemon-squeezer
 * lemony

Related terms

 * limonene

Adjective

 * 1) Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
 * 2) Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

Verbs for Lemon
bear—s; box—s; crate—s; cultivate—; ex¬press from—; extract from—; flavor with —; gather—s; harvest—s; pack—s; peel—; pickle in—; pierce—; scent with—; ship—s; sort—s; squeeze—; wrap—; —clings; — puckers; —ripens.

Thesaurus
acid, acidulant, aureate, auric, beige, bomb, bread-and-butter pickle, buff, buff-yellow, bust, canary, canary-yellow, chokecherry, citron, citron-yellow, crab apple, cream, creamy, dill pickle, dud, dull thud, ecru, fallow, fizzle, flat failure, flaxen, flop, floperoo, frost, gilded, gilt, gold, gold-colored, golden, green apple, lemon-yellow, lime, loser, luteolous, lutescent, ocherish, ocherous, ochery, ochreous, ochroid, ochrous, ochry, or, pickle, primrose, primrose-colored, primrose-yellow, saffron, saffron-colored, saffron-yellow, sallow, sand-colored, sandy, sour, sour balls, sour cream, sour grapes, sour pickle, sourdough, straw, straw-colored, total loss, turkey, verjuice, vinegar, washout, xanthic, xanthous, yellow, yellowish, yogurt

Etymology
From limon:, from  ليمون: or  لیمون:. Cognate with निम्ब:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: suurlemoen
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: limoi
 * Bengali: লেবু
 * Breton: sitron, sitronoù , suraval , suravaloù (1)
 * Catalan: llimona
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 檸檬, 柠檬
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: mumue
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: limón
 * Georgian: ლიმონი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: לימון
 * Hindi: नींबू, नीबू
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: citrono
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 레몬


 * Latin: citreum
 * Luxembourgish: Zitroun
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:, limau
 * Malayalam: ചെറുനാരങ്ങ (cheRu naarangnga)
 * Maltese:
 * Marathi: लिंबू
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, لیمو
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: citrona
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лимун
 * Roman: limun
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: எலுமிச்சம் பழம் (elumicham pazham)
 * Taos: lìmunéna
 * Telugu: నిమ్మకాయ (nimmakaaya)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: نیبو
 * Vietnamese: (quả) chanh
 * West Frisian: sitroen
 * West Frisian: sitroen


 * Basque: limoiondo
 * Catalan: llimoner, llimonera
 * Chamicuro:
 * Dhivehi: (lumbo)
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe: mumueti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: limoeiro
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 레몬 (remon), 레몬나무 (remon-namu)


 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: ചെറുനാരകം (cheRu naarakam)
 * Maltese:
 * Marathi: लिंबू
 * Polish: drzewo cytrynowe, cytryna
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: limonovec
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: citronträd,
 * Vietnamese: cây chanh


 * Dutch: kat in de zak
 * Finnish: susi, maanantaikappale
 * French: ,
 * Greek:


 * Polish: rzęch
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: (noun +) vô dụng


 * Catalan: llimona
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: sitruunankeltainen
 * French: jaune citron
 * Japanese: レモン色 (れもんいろ, remoniro)


 * Marathi: लिंबू
 * Polish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: màu chanh


 * Dutch: citroensmaak
 * Finnish: sitruunan makuinen
 * Japanese: レモン味 (れもんあじ, remonaji)


 * Spanish: limón
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: vị chanh


 * : llimona (3, 4)


 * : lămâi (2), galben-verziu (3), acru (3)

Adjective

 * Dutch: citroen-
 * Finnish: sitruunan makuinen, sitruuna- (prefix in a compound)
 * French: au citron
 * Greek: λεμονί
 * Italian: al limone
 * Polish: cytrynowy, cytrynowa , cytrynowe


 * Slovak: citrónový, citrónová , citrónové
 * Slovene: limonin, limonina , limonino , limonov , limonova , limonovo
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: compounds with citron
 * Telugu: nimma
 * Vietnamese: (có) vị chanh (flavor); (mùi) chanh (scent)


 * Dutch: citroengele
 * Estonian: sidrunkollane
 * Finnish: sitruunankeltainen, sitruunan värinen
 * French:
 * Greek: λεμονί
 * Polish: cytrynowy, cytrynowa , cytrynowe


 * Romanian: galben-verziu
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: màu chanh

Anagrams

 * melon

Noun
lemon