A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Lemon: limon,-onis (s.f.III), q.v.; see Aurantium,-ii (s.n.II); see citrus,-i (s.f.II). CITRUS LIMONUM (Risso) fructuum oblongorum cortice tenuissimo, pulpa acidissima (DeCandolle), with the rind of the oblong fruits very thin, with the pulp very sour [limonum, gen. pl. of limon,-onis (s.f.III)].
lemon-scented: citriodorus,-a,-um (adj.A).
lemon-yellow (H.C.C.4): citrellus,-a,-um (adj.A), citreus,-a,-um (adj.A), citrinus,-a,-um (adj.A), limoneus,-a,-um (adj.A); “lemon colored. The purest yellow, without any brightness; as in a Lemon when ripe” (Lindley); see citrine; see yellow; citrinifolius,-a,-um (adj.A): “with lemon-yellow flowers” (Stearn 1996). NOTE: Palicourea lemoniana C. M. Tayl. is named after Mr. Myles Lemon.
lemon-like: citratus,-a,-um (adj.A), “citratus,-a,-um (adj.A): lemon-like; “resembling [the genus] Citrus” (Stearn 1996). Mentha citrata, “lemon-like; from the odor” (Fernald 1950).
lemon-shaped: citriformis,-e (adj.B), limoniformis,-e (adj.B); [fungi] sporae parvae ad mediae, ellipsoideae, limoniformes, tenuitunicatae, poro germinativo distincte, spores small to medium, ellipsoid, lemon-shaped, thin-walled, distinctly [i.e. clearly] with a germinative pore.