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a fruit so sour it became slang for everything that disappoints you
means A bright yellow citrus fruit prized for its sour juice and fragrant peel — and, by extension, anything (especially a car) that turns out to be defective.
from From Old French 'limon' and ultimately Arabic 'laymūn' and Persian 'līmūn', words that traveled the medieval trade routes alongside the fruit itself, which spread west through the Islamic world into the Mediterranean. The 'defective thing' sense is much later American slang, born from the idea of biting into something that leaves a sour taste — by the 20th century it had attached firmly to bad cars.
- sweeter than
- Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries
- no wild origin
- They don't exist naturally; a citron-orange hybrid
- battery power
- Lemon acid can run a small electric clock
- sailor savior
- Their vitamin C once defeated deadly scurvy
- float test
- Whole lemons float, but peeled ones sink
sorrento lemon — protected igp citrus from italy's campania region, protected since 1996
menton lemon festival — annual french event since 1934 celebrating lemons with 140+ tons displayed
sicilian lemon — igp protected variety from sicily used for limoncello production
lisbon lemon tree — seedless variety originating from portugal, dominant commercial cultivar worldwide