lemon

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  1. noun A spiny, Asian evergreen tree (Citrus limon) widely cultivated for its yellow, egg-shaped fruit.
  2. noun The fruit of this tree, having a yellow aromatic rind and juicy, acid pulp.
  3. noun Lemon yellow.

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  1. Middle English limon, from Old French, from Old Italian limone, from Arabic laymūn, līmūn, from Persian līmūn.

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  1. Formerly also lemmon, limon, lemond; = Dutch limoen = German limone = Danish Swedish lemon, limon, from French limon = Spanish limon = Portuguese limão = Italian limone, from Middle Latin limo (n-) (also lemonium), New Latin limonum = New Greek λειμῶνι = Russian limonŭ = Bulgarian limon = Servian limun = Hungarian lemonya = Turkish līmūn = Hindustani nībū, nīnbū, nimbū = Persian līmūn, līmūnā, also līmū, from Arabic līmūn, a lemon. Cf. lime, from the same ult. source.
 

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/ˈlɛmən/
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