lime green

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noun

: a bright, light yellowish-green color

lime-green

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adjective

: having a bright, light yellowish-green color
a lime-green shirt

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Noun
After some workers manually fished out algae and additional filtration machines were installed, the water has turned mostly blue again, with some splotches of lime green. Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 Go the unexpected route by pairing lime green polish with playful with cow print details. Amanda Le, InStyle, 24 June 2026
Adjective
On a Wednesday evening in April, three hundred people crammed into the lime-green auditorium of a high school to hear representatives from across the political spectrum debate the population cap. Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 On the other side of the card Eva had drawn it in a tracksuit and lime-green running shoes holding a flaming torch in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lime green

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“Lime green.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lime%20green. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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