lemon-lime

adjective

that contains a mixture of lemons and limes

Meanings

adjectivelemon-lime (not comparable)

alternative lemonlime

  1. not comparablethat contains a mixture of lemons and limes
nounlemon-lime (plural lemon-limes)

plural lemon-limes · alternative lemonlime

  1. a variety of citrus fruit

    "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
    2 more examples

    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
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