Lime

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Lime most commonly refers to:

  • Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
  • Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
  • Lime (color), a color between yellow and green

Lime may also refer to:

Botany

  • Australian lime, a species of Citrus native to Australia and Papua New Guinea
  • Key lime, a citrus hybrid with a spherical fruit
  • Persian lime, a citrus fruit species of hybrid origin
  • Tilia, a genus of trees known in Britain as lime trees, lime-wood, basswood, or linden
  • Wild lime or Zanthoxylum fagara, a green fruit native to the Americas

Chemistry

  • Agricultural lime, a soil additive containing calcium carbonate and other ingredients
  • Birdlime, a sticky substance spread on branches to trap small birds
  • Calcium hydroxide, a.k.a. slaked lime, slack lime, limewater, pickling lime or hydrated lime
    • Hydraulic lime, used to make lime mortar
    • Limewater, saturated calcium hydroxide solution
  • Calcium oxide, a.k.a. burnt lime or quicklime

Surname

  • Harold Lime (1928–2008), American pornographic film director
  • Rickey Lime (born 1980), American musician
  • Yvonne Lime (born 1935), American former actress; philanthropist

Places

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

  • Lime (band), a Canadian synthpop duo
  • Lime (singer) (Kim Hye-lim, born 1993), a member of the girl group Hello Venus
  • Lime (album), by Arvingarna, 1999

Television

  • Lime Pictures, a TV production company
  • Lime TV, a website and former television network

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Lime (magazine), an Asian lifestyle magazine
  • Lime (video game company), a sister brand of the Japanese adult video game company Navel
  • Lime, a 1996 Saber Marionette J character
  • Harry Lime, a character in 1949 film The Third Man

Brands and enterprises

  • LIME (telecommunications company), a Caribbean telecommunications company
  • Lime (transportation company), a company which operates dockless bicycle and scooter sharing systems

Technology

  • Lime (test framework), a PHP testing framework
  • LIME, an acronym for "Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment", used in the Internet industry

Other uses

See also

  • Limes (disambiguation)
  • Lime Creek (disambiguation)
  • Lime Grove (disambiguation)
  • Lime Kiln (disambiguation), several places
  • Lime Lake (disambiguation)
  • Lime Ridge (disambiguation)
  • Lime Street (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Lime
  • Lyme (disambiguation)
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