LEMON TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemon tree mean? 

• LEMON TREE (noun)
  The noun LEMON TREE has 1 sense:

1. a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

  Familiarity information: LEMON TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMON TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Citrus limon; lemon; lemon tree

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.)

 Context examples 

The scientific name of the lemon tree is Citrus limon.

(Lemon, NCI Dictionary)