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

Signature drinks include a miso old fashioned, an oolong Manhattan and the kaffir lime soda, which combines Suntory Roku gin with kaffir lime, lychee, lemon, saffron and soda. —Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026

The bar leans into Thai ingredients like tamarind, pandan, and kaffir limes. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026

There is a Cambodian-style skewer marinated in lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and seven-seed spice similar to Chinese five-spice. —Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026

The evening concludes with a special bon bon collaboration with Stick With Me, featuring Thai tea macadamia and kaffir lime pie flavors for guests to take home. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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