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Lemon
The lemon, Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck, is a species of small evergreen tree in the flowering plant family Rutaceae, native to South Asia, primarily North eastern India.
The tree’s ellipsoidal yellow fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for its juice, which has both culinary and cleaning uses. The pulp and rind are also used in cooking and baking. The juice of the lemon is about 5% to 6% citric acid, with a pH of around 2.2, giving it a sour taste. The distinctive sour taste of lemon juice makes it a key ingredient in drinks and foods such as lemonade and lemon meringue pie.
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Lime (noun)
Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
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Lime (noun)
Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
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Lime (noun)
A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially ver=161115; the linden tree, or its wood.
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Lime (noun)
Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
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Lime (noun)
Any of the trees that bear limes, especially key lime, ver=161115.
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Lime (noun)
A light, somewhat yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
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Lime (verb)
To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
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Lime (verb)
To smear with birdlime.
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Lime (verb)
To apply limewash.
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Lime (verb)
To hang out/socialize in an informal, relaxed environment, especially with friends, for example at a party or on the beach.
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Lime (adjective)
Containing lime or lime juice.
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Lime (adjective)
Having the aroma or flavor of lime.
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Lime (adjective)
Lime-green.
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Lemon (noun)
A yellowish citrus fruit.
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Lemon (noun)
A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
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Lemon (noun)
A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
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Lemon (noun)
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
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Lemon (noun)
A defective or inadequate item or individual.
“He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.”
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Lemon (noun)
Favor.
“A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.”
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Lemon (noun)
A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
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Lemon (adjective)
Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
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Lemon (adjective)
Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
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Lemon (adjective)
Smart; cheeky, vocal.
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Lemon (verb)
To flavour with lemon.
“You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.”
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Lime (noun)
a white caustic alkaline substance consisting of calcium oxide, which is obtained by heating limestone and which combines with water with the production of much heat; quicklime.
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Lime (noun)
a white alkaline substance consisting of calcium hydroxide, made by adding water to quicklime and used in traditional building methods to make plaster, mortar, and limewash.
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Lime (noun)
(in general use) any of a number of calcium compounds, especially calcium hydroxide, used as an additive to soil or water.
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Lime (noun)
birdlime.
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Lime (noun)
a rounded citrus fruit similar to a lemon but greener, smaller, and with a distinctive acid flavour
“wedges of lime”
“lime juice”
“roughly chop two limes”
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Lime (noun)
a drink made from or flavoured with lime juice
“lager and lime”
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Lime (noun)
the evergreen citrus tree which produces limes, widely cultivated in warm climates.
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Lime (noun)
a bright light green colour like that of a lime
“a lime-green bikini”
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Lime (noun)
a deciduous tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellowish blossom, native to north temperate regions. The pale timber is used for carving and inexpensive furniture.
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Lime (noun)
an informal social gathering characterized by semi-ritualized talking.
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Lime (verb)
treat (soil or water) with lime to reduce acidity and improve fertility or oxygen levels
“they were liming acidified lakes”
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Lime (verb)
give (wood) a bleached appearance by treating it with lime
“limed oak dining furniture”
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Lime (verb)
catch (a bird) with birdlime
“the bird that hath been limed in a bush”
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Lime (verb)
sit or stand around talking with others
“boys and girls were liming along the roadside as if they didn’t have anything to do”