: having a bright, light yellowish-green color
a lime-green shirt
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
There’s a great beaded blue minidress, a yellow dress, and a lime green look from a young Spanish designer, Celia B.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2025
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
This sheet cake produces lime-green streaks visible when cutting the cake.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Pockets of the liquid from the Pork ’N Beans had pooled at the top, and it was studded with bright orange carrot bits and lime green pieces of celery.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
There’s a great beaded blue minidress, a yellow dress, and a lime green look from a young Spanish designer, Celia B.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
Then came the wedding of Bhatt’s dear friend and fellow actor Sonam Kapoor, where Bhatt wore a brilliant lime-green lehenga by Sabyasachi Mukherjee—a bold color choice for her.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025
This sheet cake produces lime-green streaks visible when cutting the cake.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Lime green.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lime%20green. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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