Lime commonly refers to: *

Lime (fruit) A lime (from French language, French ''lime'', from Arabic ''līma'', from Persian language, Persian ''līmū'', "lemon") is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime (color), green in color, in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesic ...

, a green citrus fruit *

Lime (material) Lime is a calcium-containing inorganic material composed primarily of oxides and hydroxide, usually calcium oxide and/or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for calcium oxide which occurs as a product of coal-seam fires and in altered limes ...

, inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide *

Lime (color) Lime is a color that is a shade of yellow-green, so named because it is a representation of the color of the citrus fruit called limes. It is the color that is in between the web color chartreuse and yellow on the color wheel.Maerz and Paul '' ...

, a color between yellow and green Lime may also refer to:

Botany

Australian lime Australian limes are species of the plant genus ''Citrus'' that are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. These species were formerly included in the genera ''Microcitrus'' and ''Eremocitrus''. They have been used as a food source by indigeno ...

, a species of ''Citrus'' that are native to Australia and Papua New Guinea *

Key lime The Key lime or acid lime (''Citrus'' × ''aurantiifolia'' or ''C. aurantifolia'') is a citrus hybrid ('' C. hystrix'' × '' C. medica'') native to tropical Southeast Asia. It has a spherical fruit, in diameter. The Key lime is usually picked ...

, a citrus hybrid with a spherical fruit *

Persian lime Persian lime (''Citrus'' × ''latifolia''), also known by other common names such as seedless lime, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, is a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin, known only in cultivation. The Persian lime is a triploid cross betwee ...

, a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin * ''

Tilia ''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Britain a ...

'', a genus of trees known in Britain as lime trees, lime-wood, basswood, or linden *

Wild lime ''Zanthoxylum fagara'' or wild lime, is a species of flowering plant that—despite its name—is not part of the genus ''Citrus'' with real limes and other fruit, but is a close cousin in the larger citrus family, Rutaceae. It is native to sout ...

or ''Zanthoxylum fagara'', a green fruit native to the Americas

Chemistry

Agricultural lime Agricultural lime, also called aglime, agricultural limestone, garden lime or liming, is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone or chalk. The primary active component is calcium carbonate. Additional chemicals vary depending on the mineral ...

, a soil additive containing calcium carbonate and other ingredients *

Birdlime Birdlime or bird lime is an adhesive substance used in trapping birds. It is spread on a branch or twig, upon which a bird may land and be caught. Its use is illegal in many jurisdictions. Manufacture Historically, the substance has been prepa ...

, a sticky substance spread on branches to trap small birds *

Calcium hydroxide Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca( OH)2. It is a colorless crystal or white powder and is produced when quicklime (calcium oxide) is mixed or slaked with water. It has m ...

, a.k.a. slaked lime, slack lime, limewater, pickling lime or hydrated lime **

Hydraulic lime Hydraulic lime (HL) is a general term for calcium oxide, a variety of lime also called quicklime, that sets by hydration. This contrasts with calcium hydroxide, also called slaked lime or air lime that is used to make lime mortar, the other common ...

, used to make lime mortar **

Limewater Limewater is the common name for a saturated aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide. Calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2, is sparsely soluble at room temperature in water (1.5 g/L at 25 °C). "Pure" (i.e. less than or fully saturated) limewater i ...

, saturated calcium hydroxide solution *

Calcium oxide Calcium oxide (CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, Caustic (substance), caustic, alkaline, crystalline solid at room temperature. The broadly used term "''lime (material), lime''" co ...

, a.k.a. burnt lime or quicklime

Surname

Harold Lime Edward E. "Ted" Paramore III (January 13, 1928 – July 8, 2008) was an American pornographic film director best known by his stage name Harold Lime.Elias, James (1999). ''Porn 101: eroticism, pornography, and the First Amendment.'' Prometheus Boo ...

(1928–2008), American pornographic film director *

Rickey Lime Rickey Lime (born Anna Goodling August 20, 1980) is an American guitarist who is best known for her bands Shotgun Won and the Los Angeles-based rock band Scarling. History Anna Goodling grew up in Cottage Grove, Oregon, but spent much of her ...

(born 1980), American musician *

Yvonne Lime Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupatio ...

(born 1935), American former actress; philanthropist

Places

Lime, Oregon Lime is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Baker County, Oregon, United States, north of Huntington on U.S. Route 30/ Interstate 84. It is near the confluence of Marble Creek and the Burnt River on the Union Pacific Railroad. The O ...

, United States *

Limé Limé () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 Communes of France, communes in the French Departments of F ...

, a French commune in the Aisne departments *

Lime Lake Township, Minnesota Lime Lake Township is a township in Murray County, Minnesota, Murray County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 225 at the 2000 census. Lime Lake Township was organized in 1873, and named after Lime Lake (Murray County, Minnesota), Lime ...

, United States * Lime Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States *

Orio al Serio Airport Orio may refer to: People Notable people with this name include: Surname * Baltasar de Echave Orio (late 16th century – mid-17th century), Basque Spanish painter * Shane Orio (born 1980), Belizean football player Given name * Orio Mastropiero ( ...

, ICAO code LIME

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Lime'' (Arvingarna album), a 1999 album by Swedish dansband Arvingarna *

Lime (band) Lime is a Canadian disco band from Montreal, Quebec. The group was originally composed of married couple Denis and Denyse LePage who had a 1981 number one US Dance hit with " Your Love". They continued to perform as recently as 2018, although o ...

, a Canadian synthpop duo *

Lime (Korean singer) Hello Venus (; often stylized as HELLOVENUS) was a South Korean girl group formed by Tricell Media (formerly a joint venture between Pledis Entertainment and Fantagio). The group originally consisted of: Alice, Nara, Lime, Yooara, Yoonjo and Yoo ...

, Kim Hye-lim (born 1993), South Korean female singer, a member of the girl group Hello Venus

Television

Lime Pictures Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. They produce award winning drama, and entertainment shows, for the international mar ...

, a TV production company *

Lime TV Lime TV, formerly known as WISDOM Television, is now defunct as a traditional television network and has instead focused and expanded into new digital media. The current Lime online website offers information and entertainment centered on physical a ...

, a website and former television network

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Lime'' (magazine), an Asian lifestyle magazine *

Lime (video game company) is a Japanese label of Omega Vision Inc. a publisher of bishōjo and eroge visual novel games. Its name is a reference to the navel orange. History Navel was formed by former staff of BasiL such as Aoi Nishimata, Ō Jackson, and Acchorike and ma ...

, a sister brand of the Japanese adult video game company Navel * Lime, a 1996 ''

Saber Marionette J is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio Junio. aired on TV Tokyo from October 1, 1996 to March 25, 1997. It is the first installment of the ''Saber Marionette'' franchise. The show was localized in North America by Ocean Pr ...

'' character * Harry Lime, a character in 1949 film ''

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), ...

Brands and enterprises

LIME (telecommunications company) LIME, an acronym for 'Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment', was a communications provider owned by the British based Cable & Wireless Communications for its operations in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayma ...

, a Caribbean telecommunications company *

Lime (transportation company) Neutron Holdings, Inc., doing business under the name Lime, formerly LimeBike, is a transportation company based in San Francisco, California. It runs electric scooters, electric bikes and electric mopeds in various cities around the world. The ...

, a company which operates dockless bicycle and scooter sharing systems

Technology

Lime (test framework) lime is a unit testing and functional testing framework built specifically for the Symfony web application framework based on the Test::More Perl library.Potencier, Fabien; Zaninotto, François. ''The Definitive Guide to symfony'', Apress, Jan ...

, a PHP testing framework * LIME, an acronym for "Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment", used in the

Internet industry An online service provider (OSP) can, for example, be an Internet service provider, an email provider, a news provider (press), an entertainment provider (music, movies), a search engine, an e-commerce site, an online banking site, a health site, ...

Other uses

LIME Sports Club LIME Sports Club is a cricket club in Barbados. The club competes in the Barbados Cricket Association Division 1 competition, the premier cricket competition in Barbados. The club was established for employees of Barbados External Telecommunications ...

, a cricket club in Barbados