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LEMON TREE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

Synonyms:

Citrus limon; lemon; lemon tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lemon tree" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "lemon tree"):

lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lemon tree"):

Citrus limetta; sweet lemon; sweet lime (lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp)

Holonyms ("lemon tree" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

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