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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | limon, from Medieval Latin limo, from Arabic laymun |
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1 [uncountable and countable]HBPDFF a fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice : 
a slice of lemonAdd a few drops of lemon juice.
a slice of lemonAdd a few drops of lemon juice.2 [uncountable] British EnglishDFD a drink that tastes of lemons : a glass of fizzy lemon
a glass of fizzy lemon3 also lemon yellow [uncountable]CC a pale yellow colour
4 [countable] especially American English informal something that is useless because it fails to work or to work properly : I soon realized the van was a lemon.
I soon realized the van was a lemon.5 [countable] British English informal a silly person : He just stood there looking like a real lemon.
He just stood there looking like a real lemon.
