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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 ofvodka with lemon juice and sugar.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon
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treeseed commented on the word lemon drop
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.
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February 3, 2008