Lime Explained

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 or calcium hydroxide, 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

• Lime, Oregon, United States
• Limé, a French commune in the Aisne department
• Lime Lake Township, Murray County, Minnesota, United States
• Lime Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States
• Lime Village, Alaska, United States
• Milan Bergamo Airport, ICAO code LIME

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

• LIME Sports Club, a cricket club in Barbados

See also

• Limes (disambiguation)
• Lime Creek (disambiguation)
• Lime Grove (disambiguation)
• Lime Kiln (disambiguation)
• Lime Lake (disambiguation)
• Lime Ridge (disambiguation)
• Lime Street (disambiguation)
• Lyme (disambiguation)