lemon-lime

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lemon-lime. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lemon-lime, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lemon-lime in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lemon-lime you have here. The definition of the word lemon-lime will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflemon-lime, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: lemonlime

English

Alternative forms

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
    • 1858, Robert Hogg, The Vegetable Kingdom and Its Products, page 140:
      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.
    • 1950, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Florida State Horticultural Society:
      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.
    • 1989, Robert Earle Johannes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Collection of Essays‎:
      "There are many varieties of citrus including sweet and sour oranges, lemons, limes, lemon-limes, calomondin and pomelo."
  2. any lemon-lime drink

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia