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Food & Drink

How long is a lemon?

A typical lemon is about 7 cm (2.76 in) long.

What is measured: typical whole fruit, longest dimension

Lemon (7 cm) drawn to scale beside a large coin (2.4 cm) and a smartphone (14.7 cm)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Large coin (2.4 cm), Lemon (7 cm) and Smartphone (14.7 cm).

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How big is that, really?

  • A little shorter than a credit card
  • About 2 would fit end to end along a smartphone
  • About 2.9× the width of a large coin
  • As long as about 10 grains of rice end to end
  • About 18% of the height of a bowling pin

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Facts about Lemon

Lemons are believed to have originated from a hybrid of citron and sour orange, likely in the region of northeastern India and nearby areas.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Lemon”; USDA, “Lemons”

Food & Drink

NameSizeCompared with Lemon
Chicken egg6 cm (2.36 in)0.86×
Garlic bulb6 cm (2.36 in)0.86×
Lemon7 cm (2.76 in)this page
Tomato7 cm (2.76 in)same size
Kiwi fruit7 cm (2.76 in)same size
Peach7 cm (2.76 in)same size
Orange8 cm (3.15 in)1.1×
Potato8 cm (3.15 in)1.1×
Beetroot8 cm (3.15 in)1.1×
Onion8 cm (3.15 in)1.1×

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