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lemon-lime

lemon-lime adjective: that contains a mixture of lemons and limes.

Adjective

lemon-lime (not comparable)

  1. that contains a mixture of lemons and limes

Noun

lemon-lime (plural lemon-limes)

  1. a variety of citrus fruit
    • The Lemon Lime, or Sweet Lemon, is larger than the preceding, of an oblong roundish shape, with protuberances at the point, which is in some cases also puckered.1858, Robert Hogg, The Vegetable Kingdom and Its Products, page 140
    • Perhaps this is the place to recall the rise and fall of the so-called Perrine lemon, the hybrid lemon-lime which was introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture about 1931 in the hope that it might enable Florida to compete directly with California for the lemon trade.1950, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society
  2. any lemon-lime drink

Forms of lemon-lime

Adjective
alternative formlemonlime
Noun
plurallemon-limes

Questions about lemon-lime

What does lemon-lime mean?
Lemon-lime means that contains a mixture of lemons and limes.
What part of speech is lemon-lime?
Lemon-lime can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lemon-lime in the dictionary

  1. lemon-aise
  2. lemon-bellied flycatcher
  3. lemon-bellied flycatchers
  4. lemon-bellied flyrobin
  5. lemon-bellied flyrobins
  6. lemon-lime
  7. lemon-limes
  8. lemon-squeezer
  9. lemon-squeezers
  10. lemon-yellow
  11. lemonade

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