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Lemon

noun

Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh.

A strong yellow color. Synonyms: gamboge, lemon yellow, maize.

A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit. Synonyms: Citrus limon, lemon tree.

A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons.

An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory. Synonym: stinker.

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"Lemon" Quotes from Famous Books

... you should go now, then," said William, with his mouth full of lemon cheese-cake. "Tell Marion what I say, and I know she will agree with me. Tell her I have a chance of some orders this winter, and you two shall have the first I ...

— Kate's Ordeal • Emma Leslie

... 106. Use two knives, one of bright steel and the other a silver-plated one. If the steel knife is not bright, scour it until it is. Drop a little lemon juice on each knife and let it stand for a few minutes, while the teacher does the next experiment. Then rinse both knives and examine them. What has the lemon juice done to the silver knife? ...

— Common Science • Carleton W. Washburne

... the living light. Some little fishing boats which had just put off, rocked upon the glassy sea, which lent them a gentle motion, though itself appeared all mirror-like and motionless. The orange and lemon trees in full foliage literally bent over the water; and it was so warm at half past eight that I felt their shade ...

— The Diary of an Ennuyee • Anna Brownell Jameson

... ravages throughout the city, it never crossed his threshold; and, except suffering in a slight degree from scorbutic affections, occasioned by the salt meats to which they were now confined, and for which the lemon and lime-juice, provided against such a contingency, proved an efficacious remedy, all the family enjoyed perfect health. For some weeks after her separation from her daughter, Mrs. Bloundel continued in a desponding state, but after that time she became more reconciled to the deprivation, and partially ...

— Old Saint Paul's - A Tale of the Plague and the Fire • William Harrison Ainsworth

... resistance—it consisted of dried beef, potatoes, onions, and carrots all stewed together; she passed to him the biscuits which she had just made; they drank each other's health and success to the Great Work in light, cooled claret made doubly refreshing with a dash of lemon; and they dined ten times as merrily as they would ...

— Under Handicap - A Novel • Jackson Gregory

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