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| lemon element | Description |
| entry | States that a lexical entry is in a given lexicon |
| form | States a realization of a lexical entry |
| ↳canonicalForm | Gives the dictionary form of a lexical entry |
| ↳otherForm | Gives an alternative form of a lexical entry (Inflectional variant) |
| ↳abstractForm | Gives a non-display form of a lexical entry (Non-realizable variant) |
| language | The language of a lexicon, specified as an ISO 639 code. |
| sense | Specifies the lexical entry a sense refers to |
| reference | Specifies a connection from a sense to a resource |
| isReferenceOf | Specifies the sense referred to by an ontology reference. Inverse of reference |
| ↳prefSem | Indicates the preferred entry and sense for an ontology reference. |
| ↳altSem | Indicates an non-preferred but valid entry and sense for an ontology reference. |
| ↳hiddenSem | Indicates a generally incorrect entry and sense for an ontology reference. |
| isSenseOf | Indicates the lexical entry for a given sense. Inverse of sense. |
| representation | Specifies a specific representation of a form |
| ↳writtenRep | Specifies a specific written representation of a form |
| Word | Indicates the lexical entry is a word |
| Phrase | Indicates the lexical entry is composed of multiple words |
| Part | Indicates the lexical entry is a part of a word (e.g., an affix) |
John McCrae 2012-07-31