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Definition of Spanish lime

1. Noun. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.

2. Noun. Round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish Lime

Spanish donkey Spanish donkeys Spanish elm Spanish fever Spanish flu Spanish fly Spanish garlic Spanish gorse Spanish green Spanish grunt

Spanish guitar Spanish ham Spanish heath Spanish influenza Spanish iris Spanish lime (current term) Spanish lime tree Spanish mackerel Spanish monetary unit Spanish moss

Spanish oak Spanish omelet Spanish omelets Spanish omelette Spanish omelettes Spanish onion Spanish oyster plant Spanish paprika Spanish people Spanish peseta

Literary usage of Spanish lime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan (1899)
"... almond, banana, sapodilla, tamarind, Jamaica apple, mango, Spanish lime, cotton-tree, royal poinciana, " Geiger flower " (a local name), alligator-pear, ..."

2. Puerto Rico by Don Philpott (2003)
"... or Spanish lime, a small, green fruit with a sweet/sour flesh surrounding a large seed; the níspero, or sapodilla, a cloyingly sweet morsel with a ..."

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