Meaning of lemon-lime | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a variety of citrus fruit
2. any lemon-lime drink

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.”

“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⟳.”

“"There are many varieties of citrus including sweet and sour oranges, lemons, limes, lemon-limes, calomondin and pomelo."”

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