Lemon

1. Yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh. Lemons tend to be bitter.
2. A strong yellow color. Her dress was a pale lemon color.
3. A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit. The lemons suffered from the freeze this year.
4. A distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons. She likes the flavor of lemon on her fish.
5. (informal) an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory. Her new car turned out to be a lemon.