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
Floating Flowers Erin fills a container with tinted water to float favorite garden cuttings, including these Tuff Stuff hydrangea, purple petunias, and lime green flowering tobacco. Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026 Choose cultivars with hints of blue, lime green, gold, or burgundy in this evergreen shrub. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026
Adjective
One of the more striking cultivars is ‘Greenheart Orange’, which has orange petals radiating out from a lime-green center. David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 7 Aug. 2026 Everything from the marbled carpets to the lime-green sofas and even the chinaware is the product of the 65-year-old French-Iranian émigré’s imagination. Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2026.

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