Lemon

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.

II. Lemon ·noun An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.

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