Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of lemon.
  • noun A deposit of detritus along the borders of rivers: loess.

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Examples

  • Approximately a dozen US tourists on a cruise stopover were exploring a beach in Limon, Costa Rica when three robbers in masks approached them.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • It was in Limon, which is about 80 miles east of San Jose, Costa Rica, the capital.

    CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2007 2007

  • It happened in Limon, which is about 80 miles east of San Jose in Costa Rica.

    CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2007 2007

  • Thus accommodated, we descended the mountain with such rapidity, that in an hour we reached Limon, which is the native place of almost all the muleteers who transport merchandize from Nice to Coni and

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • He published another poem called Limon, of which Donatus has preserved four lines in the life of Terence, in praise of the elegance and purity of that poet's style.

    De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • He published another poem called Limon, of which Donatus has preserved four lines in the life of Terence, in praise of the elegance and purity of that poet's style.

    The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

  • Some of his compositions from this time to his twentieth year, which he collected and entitled Limon, [1] in imitation of the ancients, are printed among his works.

    Lives of the English Poets Cary, Henry F 1846

  • "You can't imagine that the [Japanese] would do this; we're not at war," recalled Limon, who was 17 at the time and deployed as a radioman on the seaplane tender Swan at Pearl Harbor,

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

  • East of the Limon is the Arroyo Salado, or salt creek, Avhich rises in a spring near the middle of the Island.

    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

  • There is Sopa de Limon which is made with lime juice and limonada which is also made with lime juice and the bins in the stores say lima along with the type which is always a type of lime not lemon.

    [sfmacaws] Your Favorites? 2006

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