different between lemon vs citric

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic ????????? (laym?n) or Ottoman Turkish ?????? (limon), from Persian ????? (limu). Cognate with Sanskrit ?????? (nimb?, “lime”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?'m?n, IPA^(key): /?l?.m?n/
• Rhymes: -?m?n
• (US)
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /?l?.m?n/

Noun

lemon (plural lemons)

1. A yellowish citrus fruit.
2. A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
3. A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
4. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

5. (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.

   He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
6. (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.

   A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.

7. (fandom slang) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).

Synonyms

• (defective item): bomb
• (erotic fanfiction): PWP, smutfic

Derived terms

Related terms

• limonene

Translations

See also

• adverse selection

Adjective

lemon (comparative more lemon, superlative most lemon)

1. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
2. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
3. (Cockney rhyming slang, from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.
   • 2009, Caitlin Moran, ‘Why I love paying tax’, The Times, 12 Oct 2009:

     Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.

Translations

Verb

lemon (third-person singular simple present lemons, present participle lemoning, simple past and past participle lemoned)

1. (transitive) To flavour with lemon.

   You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.

See also

• citrine
• citron
• citronella
• melissa
• fever grass
• Appendix:Colors

References

Anagrams

• Menlo, Monel, melon, nmole

Esperanto

Noun

lemon

1. accusative singular of lemo

Welsh

Alternative forms

• lemwn

Etymology

From English lemon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m?n/

Noun

lemon m (plural lemonau, not mutable)

1. lemon

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Noun

lemon

1. lemon.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t??k/

Adjective

citric (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.

Derived terms

• citric acid

Translations

See also

• citrous

Anagrams

• critic

Romanian

Etymology

From French citrique

Adjective

citric m or n (feminine singular citric?, masculine plural citrici, feminine and neuter plural citrice)

1. citric

Declension