n.
- a pale yellow oval citrus fruit with thick skin and fragrant, acidic juice.
▸a drink made from or flavoured with lemon juice.
- the evergreen citrus tree which produces lemons.
[Citrus limon.]
- a pale yellow colour.
- informal an unsatisfactory person or thing.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: via OFr. limon from Arab. līmūn; cf. lime2.