: having a bright, light yellowish-green color
a lime-green shirt
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
Wear the grey option with blue jeans for a semi-casual look, or dress up the lime green or black version with trousers and heels.
—Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
This sheet cake produces lime-green streaks visible when cutting the cake.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
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Noun
While this annual doesn’t produce significant flowers, its foliage comes in a stunning array of bold colors—magenta, lime green, chartreuse, and red—that rival your garden’s most beautiful blooms.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
Wear the grey option with blue jeans for a semi-casual look, or dress up the lime green or black version with trousers and heels.
—Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Adjective
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
This sheet cake produces lime-green streaks visible when cutting the cake.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
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“Lime green.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lime%20green. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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