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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small, hard, lemon-flavored candy.

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  • noun A yellow lemon-flavored and lemon-shaped candy.
  • noun A cocktail of vodka with lemon juice and sugar.

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  • noun a hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon

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  • A lemon drop is a sugary, lemon-flavored hard candy that is typically colored yellow and often shaped like a miniature lemon. They can be sweet or have a more sour flavor.

    The term "lemon drop" is also occasionally applied to lemon-flavored throat lozenges.

    _Wikipedia

    February 3, 2008