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Synonyms for lemon

one that fails completely

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Synonyms for lemon

yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh

a strong yellow color

a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons

an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory

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I saw here abundance of cocoa trees, orange, and lemon, and citron trees; but all wild, and very few bearing any fruit, at least not then.
Baggert, the housekeeper, told Tom afterward that the two had a quarrel in the kitchen as to who should squeeze the lemons, the giant insisting that he had the better right to "punch" them.
On that first day, as soon as the collops were ready, Cluny gave them with his own hand a squeeze of a lemon (for he was well supplied with luxuries) and bade us draw in to our meal.
Father Brown had picked up one of the lemons and was eyeing it with an odd pleasure.
'My Lord's excuses are interrupted by the return of the Courier with the lemons and hot water.
He, too, is suffering from a cold; he has been kept waiting in a draught at the shop where he bought the lemons; he feels alternately hot and cold, and he begs permission to lie down for a little while on his bed.
The policeman on the beat projected his sombre and moving form against the luminous glory of oranges and lemons, and entered Brett Street without haste.
She had every kind of pie you could name, I think--except lemon pie.
The crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky--a couple of hundred people, perhaps.
Some one had gathered orange and lemon branches, and with these fashioned graceful festoons between.
"Each one is the same as a dish of soup, a fried fish, a mutton pot-pie, lobster salad, charlotte russe and lemon jelly--all made into one little tablet that you can swallow without trouble."
The company states: "The excessive rains in Southern California during the first six months of FY19 created an overabundance of large fresh lemons in the citrus industry, resulting in an industry-wide decrease of lemon carton pricing and volume.
SERVES: 6 PREPARATION TIME: 20 MINUTES PLUS FREEZING INGREDIENTS | 2 unwaxed lemons | 2 tbsp manuka honey |
Preserved lemons, however, take the ubiquitous fruit to another level.
orget lemonade, when life gives you lemons, it's time to hit the shops - and we could all do with a spot of retail therapy.