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
Burks is confident, freedom-loving, fashionable (and rocked a lime green suit on the red carpet), and loves to have fun. Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 13 Oct. 2025 Additionally, customers can also snag a multi-colored tote with a black bag, purple bottom, lime green handles and orange writing. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
This sheet cake produces lime-green streaks visible when cutting the cake. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025 Tara Davis-Woodhall took off along the 40-metre lime-green runway, sprinting uptown, and leapt into the sky towards Duffy Square. Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Oct. 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 10 Nov. 2025.

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