"lemony" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: lemonier [comparative], lemoniest [superlative]
Etymology: From lemon + -y. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|lemon|-y}} lemon + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|lemonier}} lemony (comparative lemonier, superlative lemoniest)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of lemons, especially in terms of aroma, taste or colour. Categories (topical): Yellows
    Sense id: en-lemony-en-adj-h1GlvXJn Disambiguation of Yellows: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 86 14
  2. Of or pertaining to lemons.
    Sense id: en-lemony-en-adj-LzfSRvdG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lemoniness, lemony fresh

Inflected forms

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