lemon in English: A yellow fruit with very sour juice. (noun)

Translation

A yellow fruit with very sour juice.

Word origin

From Old French limon, borrowed through Arabic laymun from Persian limu.

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To squeeze a lemon is to press it so the juice comes out.

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Here lemon means a slice of the fruit, so it takes no article.

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Lemon can describe a flavour as well as the fruit itself.

orange

A colour between red and yellow. It is also a round fruit of this colour.

fruit

The sweet part of a plant that holds the seeds and is good to eat.

tea

A hot drink made by pouring hot water onto dried leaves.

yellow

Having the colour of the sun or of a lemon.

sour

Having a sharp taste, like a lemon, the opposite of sweet.

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