lemon

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LEM'ON, noun 1. The fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Citrus, which grows in warm climates. This fruit furnishes a cooling acid juice, which forms an ingredient in some of our most delicious liquors. 2. lemon or lemon tree, the tree that produces lemons.
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