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Lemon

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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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Citrus 76% connected

A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

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Flavor 76% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 76% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Nip 76% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Relish 76% connected

To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to exper…

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Sapidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.

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Savor 76% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

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Smack 76% connected

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

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Tang 76% connected

A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus).

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Yellow 76% connected

Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is be…

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Yellowness 76% connected

The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.

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Gamboge 92% connected

A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, fro…

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Maize 92% connected

A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on c…

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Stinker 92% connected

One who, or that which, stinks.

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