lemon drop
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Arabic ليمونbor. Old French lymonbor. Middle English lymon English lemon English drop English lemon drop Literally lemon + drop. From the combination of lemon (referring to the flavor of the candy) and drop (referring to the shape of the candy, often a small, smooth, oval, or circular shape). The word lemon Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), and the word drop comes from Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small amount of something; speck”), from Old English dropa (“a drop”).
Definitions
A yellow lemon-flavored and lemon-shaped candy.
- Dill had hit upon a foolproof plan to make Boo Radley come out at no cost to ourselves (place a trail of lemon drops from the back door to the front yard and he’d follow it, like an ant).
- I remember those times. The corner bodega shops with the quarter waters and yellow lemon drops and the now and later, Do you remember then?
A cocktail of vodka with lemon juice and sugar.
A variety of mangosteen, especially Garcinia intermedia, or sometimes the similar…
A variety of mangosteen, especially Garcinia intermedia, or sometimes the similar Garcinia madruno.
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