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LEMON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lemon" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A strong yellow color
Synonyms:
gamboge; lemon; lemon yellow; maize
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("lemon" is a kind of...):
yellow; yellowness (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lemon" is a kind of...):
flavor; flavour; nip; relish; sapidity; savor; savour; smack; tang (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth)
Derivation:
lemony (tasting sour like a lemon)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("lemon" is a kind of...):
citrous fruit; citrus; citrus fruit (any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions)
Meronyms (parts of "lemon"):
lemon peel; lemon rind (the rind of a lemon)
Holonyms ("lemon" is a part of...):
Citrus limon; lemon; lemon tree (a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit)
Derivation:
lemony (tasting sour like a lemon)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
Synonyms:
Citrus limon; lemon; lemon tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lemon" is a kind of...):
citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)
Meronyms (parts of "lemon"):
lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lemon"):
Citrus limetta; sweet lemon; sweet lime (lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp)
Holonyms ("lemon" is a member of...):
genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)
Context examples:
Lemon oil is used as a flavoring and for its aromatic qualities.
(Lemon Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The scientific name of the lemon tree is Citrus limon.
(Lemon, NCI Dictionary)
He entered the ring, sucking a lemon, with Jim Belcher and Caleb Baldwin, the coster, at his heels.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Beagle is a hardy, sturdy squarely-built, small hound, with a short coat in tri-color, red and white, orange and white, or lemon and white.
(Beagle, NCI Thesaurus)
Every shade of colour they were—straw, lemon, orange, brick, Irish-setter, liver, clay; but, as Spaulding said, there were not many who had the real vivid flame-coloured tint.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The spots can be black, brown (liver), lemon, dark blue, tri colored, brindled, solid white, or sable.
(Dalmatian, NCI Thesaurus)
Here’s a cigar, and the doctor has a prescription containing hot water and a lemon, which is good medicine on a night like this.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Pointer, also known as the English Pointer, has a well-muscled, athletic body and a short, sleek coat that comes in primarily white, but may be liver, lemon, black or orange; solid, patched or speckled.
(English Pointer, NCI Thesaurus)
They overhung the archway, thrust themselves between the bars of the great gate with a sweet welcome to passers-by, and lined the avenue, winding through lemon trees and feathery palms up to the villa on the hill.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Maybe you don't count it nothing to have a real college doctor to see you every day—you, John, with your head broke—or you, George Merry, that had the ague shakes upon you not six hours agone, and has your eyes the colour of lemon peel to this same moment on the clock?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
