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a. [ F. feuille morte a dead leaf. ] Having the color of a faded leaf. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Feullemort. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Zool.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus Uria (as U. troile); the black or foolish guillemot (Cepphus grylle, formerly Uria grylle), is called also sea pigeon and eligny. See Murre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. limon, Per. līmūn; cf. Ar. laimūn, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a fruit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species Citrus Limonum or Citrus Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass (Andropogon Shœnanthus, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery. --
Lemon sole (Zool.), a yellow European sole (Solea aurantiaca). --
Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salts of sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic acid, under Oxalic. [ Colloq. ]

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n. [ F. limonade; cf. Sp. limonada, It. limonata. See Lemon. ] A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened. “If you have lemons, make lemonade” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. hard tough elastic wood of the lemonwood tree; used for making bows and fishing rods. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A South African evergreen having hard tough wood.
Syn. -- lemonwood tree, Psychotria capensis . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. tasting like lemons.
Syn. -- sourish, tangy, tart. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. (Zool.) See Mollemoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Midmost. ] Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of Aestrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [ Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceæ), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr.&unr_; a kind of plant. ] (Bot.) A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; war + -scope: cf. F. polémoscope. ] An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal opera glass, or side opera glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bat. [ Obs. ] Puttenham. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + motor. ] (Naut.) A hydraulic device by which the movement of the wheel on the bridge operates the steering gear at the stern. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]