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Lime (fruit) A lime is a citrus fruit, which is typically round, lime (color), lime green in colour, in diameter, and contains acidic juice vesicles. There are several species of citrus trees whose fruits are called limes, including the Key lime (''Citru ...

, a green citrus fruit *

Lime (material) Lime is an Inorganic compound, inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides. It is also the name for calcium oxide which is used as an industrial mineral and is made by heating calcium carbonate in a kiln. Calcium ox ...

, 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'' native to Australia and Papua New Guinea *

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

, 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 betwe ...

, 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 Great Bri ...

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

Zanthoxylum fagara ''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 more closely ...

'', 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 Animal trapping, 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 substanc ...

, 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 with water. Annually, approxim ...

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

Hydraulic lime Hydraulic lime (HL) is a general term for a variety of lime different from calcium oxide (quicklime), that sets by hydration and consists of calcium silicate and calcium aluminate, compounds that can harden in contact with water. This contras ...

, used to make lime mortar ** Limewater or

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 with water. Annually, approxim ...

, saturated calcium hydroxide solution *

Calcium oxide Calcium oxide (formula: Ca O), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, caustic, alkaline, crystalline solid at room temperature. The broadly used term '' lime'' connotes calcium-containing ...

, a.k.a. burnt lime or quicklime

Surname

* Harold Lime (1928–2008), American pornographic film director * Rickey Lime (born 1980), American musician *

Yvonne Lime Yvonne Fedderson (born Yvonne Glee Lime; April 7, 1935) is an American philanthropist and retired actress. She was married to producer Don Fedderson. She appeared on screen from 1956 to 1968. Thereafter, she devoted much of her time to philant ...

(born 1935), American former actress; philanthropist

Places

Lime, Oregon Lime is an unincorporated community and ghost town in the northwest United States, located in Baker County, Oregon. north of Huntington on Interstate 84 (& U.S. Route 30), it is near the confluence of Marble Creek and the Burnt River on the ...

, United States * Limé, a French commune in the Aisne department *

Lime Lake Township, Murray County, Minnesota Lime Lake Township is a township in 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. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau ...

, United States *

Lime Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Lime Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,395 as of the 2010 census. History Lime Township was organized in 1858. It was named from the limestone found in the area. Geography According t ...

, United States *

Lime Village, Alaska Lime () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. The 2020 census found a population of 13, down from 29 in 2010. It has also been known as Hungry Village. In July 2008, Lime Village gained notoriety when ...

, United States *

Milan Bergamo Airport Milan Bergamo Airport (), also formerly known as Orio al Serio International Airport, is the third-busiest international airport in Italy. The airport is also officially called Il Caravaggio International Airport after the Baroque painter Mic ...

, ICAO code LIME

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Lime (band) Lime is a Canadian disco band from Montreal, 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 (Lime song), Your Love". They continued to perform ...

, a Canadian synthpop duo *

Lime (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 ...

(Kim Hye-lim, born 1993), a member of the girl group Hello Venus * ''Lime'' (album), by Arvingarna, 1999

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. It produces drama and entertainment shows for the international market, including ' ...

, 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 and eroge visual novel game A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also consider ...

, 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 Ocea ...

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

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt, Orson Welles as Harry Lime and Trevor Howard as Major Calloway. Set in post-Worl ...

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, Cayman ...

, a Caribbean telecommunications company *

Lime (transportation company) Neutron Holdings, Inc., doing business under the name Lime, formerly LimeBike, is an American transportation company based in San Francisco, California. It runs electric scooters, electric bikes, and electric mopeds in more than 200 cities in ...

, 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, Janu ...

, 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 E-commerce (electronic commerce) refers t ...

Other uses

* LIME Sports Club, a cricket club in Barbados

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