Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lime \Lime\, n. [F. lime; of Persian origin. See {Lemon}.]
1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Citrus aurantifolia}, allied to
the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which
bears it.
Note: The term lime was formerly also applied to variants of
the closely related {citron}, of which there are two
varieties, {Citrus Medica}, var. acida which is
intensely sour, and the
{sweet lime} ({Citrus Medica}, var. Limetta) which is only
slightly sour. See {citron}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. The color of the lime[1], a yellowish-green.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Citrus aurantifolia
n 1: any of various related trees bearing limes [syn: {lime},
{lime tree}, {Citrus aurantifolia}]
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