kaffir lime

noun

variants or Kaffir lime

: a citrus tree (Citrus hystrix) of southeastern Asia having aromatic leaves and roundish thick-rinded green fruits used especially in Thai cooking

also : its leaves or fruit see usage paragraph at kaffir

Examples of kaffir lime in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition to apples, bananas and other common items, the grocery store chain sells harder-to-find ingredients including lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and fuzzy squash. — Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

My Kintsugi, with gin, kaffir lime and ginger, was fragrant and floral. — Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026

The fridge comes stocked with three kinds of beers, a mini wine collection, and local bean-to-bar chocolate speckled with kaffir lime and pink pepper. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

It's brushed with kroeung, a paste made with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime, garlic, turmeric and ginger. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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