🍋 Yellow lemon skin 🍬 Sugared lemon strips

lemon peel

1.9

Thin strips of lemon skin cooked in sugar and used to decorate desserts

noun
/ˈlɛmən pil/

: cáscara de limón confitada

The bakery uses homemade lemon peel in their scones and muffins.
strips of lemon peel
candied lemon peel

Examples

She decorated the cake with finely chopped lemon peel for extra flavor.
I love the sweet and tangy taste of lemon peel dipped in chocolate.
I love lemon peel in my desserts.
She added lemon peel to the cake batter.
For a refreshing dessert, add lemon peel to your salad for a zesty flavor.
The chef decorated the cake with candied lemon peel to enhance its appearance and taste.
I like to spice up my tea by including some strips of lemon peel for added aroma.

Synonyms

lemon zest

vslemon peel

7 3.0

A thin bright outer layer of a lemon peel that people grate to add flavor

is used as sweet or decorative strips rather than grated for intense flavor

lemon rind

vslemon peel

2 2.6

The outer skin of a lemon that you use to add flavor when cooking

is prepared as sweet strips for dessert use rather than simple flavoring

candied citrus peel

vslemon peel

3.5

Strips of citrus peel cooked in sugar until sweet and soft

is specific to a single citrus fruit rather than various kinds

Surface Forms

lemon peel singular

lemon peels plural

Morphology

lemon + peel

The meaning 'strips of lemon skin' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'lemon' (the fruit) with 'peel' (the outer skin). This straightforward noun+noun composition is a common, compositional pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning (including its candied or decorative uses).

Etymology

Lemon peel can also mean strips of the peel cooked in sugar until they become sweet and soft. Bakers use these sweet strips 'as decoration' or in desserts because they add a bright, tangy taste.