lemon
adjective/ˈlemən/
/ˈlemən/
(also lemon yellow)
- pale yellow in colourTopics Colours and Shapesb2Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French limon (in modern French denoting a lime) from Arabic līmūn (a collective term for fruits of this kind); compare with lime (the fruit).
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