- 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. - The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
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