lemon
A yellowish citrus fruit.
Noun 4 meanings
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).
Adjective 2 meanings
Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
Verb 1 meaning
To flavour with lemon.
“You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime.
LEMON at a glance
LEMON has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + M 3 + O 1 + N 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,969 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lemon
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- DEMON8
- LEMAN7
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