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
Rihanna teamed the dress with oversized earrings and a rose ring and, for a casual twist, some lime green sneakers. Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 There are many different varieties, but ‘Everillo’ has attractive lime green and golden foliage, while ‘Everest’ has pretty white markings. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the brothers, wearing matching cherry-red-and-lime-green eyeglasses, browsed the pick-and-mix bins at Kändi, a Swedish-style sweets shop in Los Angeles. Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 Beyond the broad concrete steps that traverse the water-friendly (and automatically irrigated) xeriscaped front yard and through the lime-green door that animates the charcoal exterior cladding hides a small courtyard open to the sky, a classic feature in an Eichler home. Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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