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LEMON PEEL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strips of lemon peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lemon peel" is a kind of...):

candied citrus peel (strips of citrus peel cooked in a sugar syrup)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The rind of a lemon

Synonyms:

lemon peel; lemon rind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lemon peel" is a kind of...):

peel; skin (the rind of a fruit or vegetable)

Meronyms (substance of "lemon peel"):

lemon oil (fragrant yellow oil obtained from the lemon peel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lemon peel"):

lemon zest (tiny bits of lemon peel)

Holonyms ("lemon peel" is a part of...):

lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)

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