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lime (n.2)
greenish-yellow citrus fruit, 1630s, probably via Spanish
lima
, from Arabic
limah
"citrus fruit," from Persian
limun
"lemon" (see
lemon
(n.1)). Related:
Limeade
(1892), with ending as in
lemonade
.