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lemon-lime en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) that contains a mixture of lemons and limes

Forms

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lemonlime		alternative	lexicographic

lemon-lime en · NOUN

Meanings

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:
   • "There are many varieties of citrus including sweet and sour oranges, lemons, limes, lemon-limes, calomondin and pomelo." 1989, Robert Earle Johannes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Collection of Essays:
   • 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

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
lemonlime		alternative	lexicographic
lemon-limes	Number=Plur		lexicographic