The difference between Lemon and Melissa
When used as nouns, lemon means a yellowish citrus fruit, whereas melissa means a plant of the genus melissa, especially lemon balm (melissa officinalis), often used medicinally.
Lemon is also verb with the meaning: to flavour with lemon.
Lemon is also adjective with the meaning: containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lemon and Melissa
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Lemon as a noun:
A yellowish citrus fruit.
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Lemon as a noun:
A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
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Lemon as a noun:
A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
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Lemon as a noun:
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
Examples:
"color panelemon flesh 2=FADA5E"
"color panelemon rind 2=FDE910"
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Lemon as a noun (slang):
A defective or inadequate item or individual.
Examples:
"He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon."
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Lemon as a noun ([[Cockney rhyming slang]], shortened from “lemon flavour”):
Favor.
Examples:
"A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that."
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Lemon as a noun (fandom):
A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series ).
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Lemon as an adjective:
Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
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Lemon as an adjective:
Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
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Lemon as an adjective (Cockney rhyming, _, slang, from "lemon tart"):
Smart; cheeky, vocal.
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Lemon as a verb (transitive):
To flavour with lemon.
Examples:
"You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish."
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Melissa as a noun:
A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally.