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NOUN (5)

1. yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh;

2. a strong yellow color;
[syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize]

3. a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit;
[syn: lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon]

4. a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons;

5. an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory;
[syn: lemon, stinker]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish. (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species. [1913 Webster] Lemon, or French, sole (Zool.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa). Smooth sole (Zool.), the megrim. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n; cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a fruit.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree. [1913 Webster] Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass (Andropogon Sh[oe]nanthus, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery. Lemon sole (Zool.), a yellow European sole (Solea aurantiaca). Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salts of sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic acid, under Oxalic. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lemon n 1: yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh 2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon yellow, maize] 3: a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit [syn: lemon, lemon tree, Citrus limon] 4: a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons 5: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory [syn: lemon, stinker]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

76 Moby Thesaurus words for "lemon": 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