Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LEM'ON, n. [Fr. and Sp. limon; It. limone. This word is found in the Arabic of Avicenna; and in the Amharic dialect of Ethiopia, we find lime or lome, the same word.]

1. The fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Citrus, which grows in warm climates. This fruit furnishes a cooling acid juice, which forms an ingredient in some of our most delicious liquors.
2. Lemon or lemon tree, the tree that produces lemons.