Imperial lemon

{{Short description|Fruit}}

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{{Hybridbox

|name = Imperial lemon

|image = Imperial lemon at Kew Gardens.jpg

|image_caption = An Imperial lemon tree

|genus = Citrus

|species1 = limon

|link1 = Lemon

|species2 = paradisi

|link2 = Grapefruit

}}

The Imperial lemon is thought to be a lemon and grapefruit hybrid.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} Its fruit is slightly larger than a lemon and has a more rounded shape.{{cite book|author1=Colin Macfarquhar|author2=George Gleig|title=Encyclopædia britannica: or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature|url=https://archive.org/details/encbritannica05macf|access-date=17 August 2013|year=1797|publisher=A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar|page=[https://archive.org/details/encbritannica05macf/page/29 29]}}