lemon drop

Meanings

1. A yellow lemon-flavored and lemon-shaped candy.
2. A cocktail of vodka with lemon juice and sugar.
3. A variety of mangosteen, especially Garcinia intermedia, or sometimes the similar Garcinia madruno.

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic ليمونbor. Old French lymonbor. Middle English lymon English lemon English drop English lemon drop Literally lemon + drop. From the combination of lemon (referring to the flavor of the candy) and drop (referring to the shape of the candy, often a small, smooth, oval, or circular shape). The word lemon Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), and the word drop comes from Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small amount of something; speck”), from Old English dropa (“a drop”).