LEMON PEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemon peel mean? 

• LEMON PEEL (noun)
  The noun LEMON PEEL has 2 senses:

1. the rind of a lemon

2. strips of lemon peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar

  Familiarity information: LEMON PEEL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMON PEEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rind of a lemon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

lemon peel; lemon rind

Hypernyms ("lemon peel" is a kind of...):

peel; skin (the rind of a fruit or vegetable)

Meronyms (substance of "lemon peel"):

lemon oil (fragrant yellow oil obtained from the lemon peel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lemon peel"):

lemon zest (tiny bits of lemon peel)

Holonyms ("lemon peel" is a part of...):

lemon (yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strips of lemon peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lemon peel" is a kind of...):

candied citrus peel (strips of citrus peel cooked in a sugar syrup)

 Context examples 

Maybe you don't count it nothing to have a real college doctor to see you every day—you, John, with your head broke—or you, George Merry, that had the ague shakes upon you not six hours agone, and has your eyes the colour of lemon peel to this same moment on the clock?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)