lemon-juice

(lem’on-jés), n. The juice of the Medica, var. Limonum. tis botanically a berry of an lemon. Itis somewhat opaque and turbid and extremely ellipsoid form, knobbed at the apex, with a pale-yellow rind whose outer layer is charged with a fragrant oil, and a lights our, owing its acidity to citric and malic acids. I¢ is colored pulp, full of an acid well-flavored juice. The latmuch used, especially in the form of lemonade, or comter, together with lime-juice, is the chief commercial source bined with pota ium bicarbonate, as a cooling and efferof citric acid. The oil or e ence of lemons is extracted from vescing beverage. Among seamen it is highly esteemed the rind, at present by the method of expre ion, which as an antiscorbutic. yields the best. It is consumed in large quantities as a lemon-kali (lem’ on-ka/’li), n. A mixture of flavoring e ence and a component of perfumes. pota ium bicarbonate with lemon-juice. (a) In A fruit that the inhabitants call Mar a cocks, which is a the form of a powder, the bicarbonate strongly flavored pleasant wholesome fruit much like a Lemond. with lemon. () An effervescing drink made either by Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 123. di olving the powder or by mixing the ingredients fresh. Also lemon and kali. I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon. lemon-scented (lem’on-sent”ed), a. Scented Gotdsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, i. 1, with lemon, or having a fragrance similar to 2. The tree that yields this fruit. It is found that of lemon.—Lemon-scented thyme. See lemon wild in the mountainous regions of India, especially in thyme.—Lemon-scented verbena, See lemon-verbena. the north. As a cultivated fruit-tree, it was early known lemon-sole (lem’on-sél), n. 1. A fish of the and di eminated by the Arabs, but appears not to have family Soleida, Solea lascar is.—2, The smear been established in Europe till comparatively late, perhaps brought by the crusaders. It is now cultivated dab, Hippoglo oides liman do ides. [Seotch.] widely in subtropical countries, and is grown industrially Also lemon-dab. in Italy and the adjacent islands, in Spain and Portugal, ee er (lem’on-skwosh), 7. Lemonade. and in Florida, generally in connection with the orange. {Eng. The common lemon is a tree from 10 to 15 feet high. Unlike the orange, it is of irregular growth and of sparse lemon-squeezer (lem’on-skwé/’zér), n. A small foliage. The corolla of its flowers is purplish on the out hand-pre , usually of the lever type, for exside, and their fragrance is le heavy than that of orange pre ing the juice from a lemon. Itis made in flowers. Its closest botanical affinity is with the citron, the a great variety of forms, and is fitted with a two being now considered as varieties of the same species. See Citrus, 2. strainer to retain the seeds. Far off, and where the lemon grove lemon-thyme (lem’on-tim), ». A lemon-scent- In closest coverture upsprung. ed garden variety of Thymus Serpyllum. Tennyson, Arabian Nights, lemon-verbena (lem’on-vér-bé/nii), n. A gar- 8. The borhame or sand-sole, a kind of flatfish. den-shrub, Lippia (Aloysia) citriodora, related See lemon-sole, 1.—Bergamot lemon, Same as bergato the verbena. Its leaves have a lemon framot, 1.—E ential salt of lemon, the bin oxalate of potgrance. ash, or potash combined with oxalic acid, used for remoylemon-walnut (lem’on-wal’nut), n. The buting iron-mold and ink-stains from linen.— Fingered lemternut, Juglans cinerea: so called on account of on, an odd Chinese variety of lemon with very little pulp, in which the segments divide at the apex into five or more its fragrance. cylindrical lobes.—Sea lemon..See sea-lemon.— Sweet lemon weed (lem’on-wéd), ». A sea-mat of lemon, pear lemon, the variety Limetta of Citrus Medica, the family Flu stride: so ealled from its scent. a somewhat pear-shaped fruit. The variety also includes