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lemony

British  
/ ˈlɛmənɪ /

adjective

  1. having or resembling the taste or colour of a lemon

  2. slang angry or irritable

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If vegetables feel like an obligation, tuck them into dense spoon salads, lemony beans and produce-packed pastas that eat like a treat rather than a directive.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Even the brighter dishes — the lemony pasta, the zesty black bean salad — are about steadiness as much as sparkle: reliable, make-ahead, happy to wait for you.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

“If it can make Bourbon Street smell lemony fresh,” Torres says the bottle will read, “imagine what it can do for you.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

It comes with two dressings, but I usually just do the sort of lemony kind of oily dressing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

I filled a red plastic cup with lemonade and then plopped in one Lemonhead candy for an added punch of lemony goodness.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas