lemon sole

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. flesh of American flounder; important in the winterSynonyms: lemon solewinter flounder
  2. highly valued almost pure white fleshSynonyms: lemon soleEnglish sole
  3. popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North AmericaSynonyms: English solelemon soleParophrys vitulus
  4. small European soleSynonyms: lemon soleSolea lascaris
  5. European flatfish highly valued as foodSynonyms: lemon soleMicrostomus kitt
  6. important American food fish in the winterSynonyms: winter flounderblackback flounderlemon solePseudopleuronectes americanus
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n; cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a fruit.] [1913 Webster]

1.(Bot.) 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 Citrus Limonum or Citrus Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet. [1913 Webster]

2.The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree. [1913 Webster]

Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass (Andropogon Sh[oe]nanthus, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.

Lemon sole (Zool.), a yellow European sole (Solea aurantiaca).

Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salts of sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic acid, under Oxalic. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

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