: having a bright, light yellowish-green color
a lime-green shirt
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Cori Sears, The Spruce, 16 June 2026
The following year, Elizabeth followed up her lime green ensemble with a bright blue coatdress on June 14, 2008.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 13 June 2026
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
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Noun
The bright lime green color of Carex oshimensis ‘Everillo,’ commonly sold as EverColor® Everillo, pairs well with the gray-blue of rocks and cement.
—Cori Sears, The Spruce, 16 June 2026
The following year, Elizabeth followed up her lime green ensemble with a bright blue coatdress on June 14, 2008.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 13 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
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“Lime green.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lime%20green. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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