LEMON SOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lemon sole mean? 

• LEMON SOLE (noun)
  The noun LEMON SOLE has 6 senses:

1. flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

2. highly valued almost pure white flesh

3. popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

4. small European sole

5. European flatfish highly valued as food

6. important American food fish in the winter

  Familiarity information: LEMON SOLE used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEMON SOLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

lemon sole; winter flounder

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

flounder (flesh of any of various American and European flatfish)

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

blackback flounder; lemon sole; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; winter flounder (important American food fish in the winter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Highly valued almost pure white flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

English sole; lemon sole

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

fillet of sole; sole (lean flesh of any of several flatfish)

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

lemon sole; Microstomus kitt (European flatfish highly valued as food)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

English sole; lemon sole; Parophrys vitulus

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

sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a member of...):

genus Parophrys; Parophrys (a genus of Soleidae)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Small European sole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lemon sole; Solea lascaris

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

sole (right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a member of...):

genus Solea; Solea (type genus of the Soleidae)

Sense 5

Meaning:

European flatfish highly valued as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lemon sole; Microstomus kitt

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

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)

Meronyms (parts of "lemon sole"):

English sole; lemon sole (highly valued almost pure white flesh)

Holonyms ("lemon sole" is a member of...):

genus Microstomus; Microstomus (a genus of Pleuronectidae)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Important American food fish in the winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blackback flounder; lemon sole; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; winter flounder

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

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)

Meronyms (parts of "lemon sole"):

lemon sole; winter flounder (flesh of American flounder; important in the winter)