What is "lemon sole"

Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n; cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a fruit.]

1. (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species Citrus Limonum or Citrus Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.

2. The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.

   Lemon grass (Bot.), a fragrant East Indian grass ( Andropogon Sh[oe]nanthus, and perhaps other allied species), which yields the grass oil used in perfumery.

   Lemon sole (Zo["o]l.), a yellow European sole ( Solea aurantiaca).

   Salts of lemon (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, inappropriately named, as it consists of an acid potassium oxalate and contains no citric acid, which is the characteristic acid of lemon; -- called also salts of sorrel. It is used in removing ink stains. See Oxalic acid, under Oxalic. [Colloq.]

n. A European flatfish, (taxlink Microstomus kitt species noshow=1)

1. n. flesh of American flounder; important in the winter [syn: winter flounder]

2. highly valued almost pure white flesh [syn: English sole]

3. popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: English sole, Parophrys vitulus]

4. small European sole [syn: Solea lascaris]

5. European flatfish highly valued as food [syn: Microstomus kitt]

6. important American food fish in the winter [syn: winter flounder, blackback flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus]

The lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It is native to shallow seas around Northern Europe, where it lives on stony bottoms down to depths of about . It grows up to in length and reaches about in weight.

It is a popular food fish.