Meaning

noun yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

noun a strong yellow color

noun a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

originEtymology tree Middle English lymon English lemon Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime. The fandom sense is named after the erotic…

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