sweet lime

2 definitions found

sweet lime - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

sweet lime - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sweet lime
      n 1: lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish
           pulp [syn: sweet lemon, sweet lime, Citrus limetta]