lime2

noun

• 1a rounded citrus fruit similar to a lemon but greener, smaller, and with a distinctive acid flavour: roughly chop two limes [mass noun]:wedges of lime [as modifier]:lime juice
• [mass noun] a drink made from or flavoured with lime juice:lager and lime

• 2 (also lime tree) the evergreen citrus tree which produces limes, widely cultivated in warm climates.

  • Citrus aurantifolia, family Rutaceae

• 3 (also lime green) [mass noun] a bright light green colour like that of a lime: [as modifier]:a lime-green bikini