lemon

Meanings

Noun

• A yellowish citrus fruit.
• A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
• A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
• A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
• A defective or inadequate item or individual.
• Favor.
• A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).

Adjective

• Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
• Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
• Smart; cheeky, vocal.

Verb

• To flavour with lemon.

Related

Similar words

• bomb
• PWP, smutfic

Origin

• From Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon ("citrus"), from Arabic لَيْمُون or Ottoman Turkish لیمون, from Persian لیمو. Cognate with Sanskrit निम्बू ("lime"). lime.