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lemon-like

  • a word derived from lemon.

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The newly observed world has a stretched, lemon-like shape and may even contain diamonds deep inside.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

By modeling subtle changes in the planet's brightness as it moves, researchers determined that intense gravitational forces from the much heavier pulsar are stretching the planet into its lemon-like shape.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

Scientists from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ohio State University studied 229 participants over 649 sessions as they sorted through different scents ranging from apple-like and lemon-like to onion-like.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2024

During that time, Page helped to characterize a pair of genes that some varieties of the plant uses to make fragrant oils responsible for pine- and lemon-like aromas1.

From Nature • Oct. 16, 2018

Citral, the aldehyde occurring largely in lemon-grass and verbena oils, also to a less extent in lemon and orange oils, and possessing an intense lemon-like odour.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

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