A deciduous perennial shrub native to South America, used for its lemon-like fragrance and flavor, Aloysia citrodora.

(US) lemon curd

A thick preserve made from lemons (juice and zest), egg yolk, butter and sugar.

A device used to extract juice from lemons by crushing the lemon using the sharp middle part. / (Cockney rhyming slang) A geezer; a man.

A European flatfish, Microstomus kitt (not a true sole)

The practice in otherwise free market capitalist economies in which the government steps in to bail out or otherwise subsidize weak or failing firms. A government attempting to transition from capitalism to socialism by this method takes control of the worst industries — the "lemons" — first, which undermines such an approach.

The test for whether a government action violates the Establishment Clause of the United States' constitution: it does so if it lacks a secular purpose, has its primary effect as promoting or inhibiting religion, or fosters an excessive entanglement of government with religion.

plural of lemon shark

(idiomatic, UK) To be in a sour or negative mood.

Alternative form of suck a lemon