lemon sole

lemon sole
    n 1: flesh of American flounder; important in the winter [syn:
         {lemon sole}, {winter flounder}]
    2: highly valued almost pure white flesh [syn: {lemon sole},
       {English sole}]
    3: popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of
       North America [syn: {English sole}, {lemon sole}, {Parophrys
       vitulus}]
    4: small European sole [syn: {lemon sole}, {Solea lascaris}]
    5: European flatfish highly valued as food [syn: {lemon sole},
       {Microstomus kitt}]
    6: important American food fish in the winter [syn: {winter
       flounder}, {blackback flounder}, {lemon sole},
       {Pseudopleuronectes americanus}]
    

Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n;
   cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. {Lime} a
   fruit.]
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   1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange,
      and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is
      produced by a tropical tree of the genus {Citrus}, the
      common fruit known in commerce being that of the species
      {Citrus Limonum} or {Citrus Medica} (var. Limonum). There
      are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
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   2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
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   {Lemon grass} (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass
      ({Andropogon Sh[oe]nanthus}, and perhaps other allied
      species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.

   {Lemon sole} (Zool.), a yellow European sole ({Solea
      aurantiaca}).

   {Salts of lemon} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance,
      inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium
      oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the
      characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also {salts of
      sorrel}. It is used in removing ink stains. See {Oxalic
      acid}, under {Oxalic}. [Colloq.]
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