lemanderin | (noun) hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel | Synonyms: Citrus limonia, rangpur, rangpur lime |
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lemma | (noun) a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition | - |
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(noun) the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry | - |
(noun) the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae | Synonyms: flowering glume |
lemming | (noun) any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution | - |
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lemniscate | (noun) any of several plane algebraic curves in the shape of a figure eight | - |
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lemniscus | (noun) a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus | Synonyms: fillet |
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lemon | (noun) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory | Synonyms: stinker |
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(noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: gamboge, lemon yellow, maize |
(noun) a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons | - |
(noun) yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh | - |
(noun) a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit | Synonyms: Citrus limon, lemon tree |
lemonade | (noun) sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice | - |
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lemongrass | (noun) a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka | Synonyms: lemon grass |
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(noun) an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines | Synonyms: lemon grass, lemongrass oil |
lemonlike | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemony, sourish, tangy, tart |
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lemonwood | (noun) South African evergreen having hard tough wood | Synonyms: lemon-wood, lemon-wood tree, lemonwood tree, Psychotria capensis |
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(noun) hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods | - |
lemony | (adjective) tasting sour like a lemon | Synonyms: lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart |
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lempira | (noun) the basic unit of money in Honduras; equal to 100 centavos | - |
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lemur | (noun) large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails | - |
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