Key lime

noun

1. a yellow lime with a bitter rather than sour taste.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Key lime¹

After the Florida Keys

Example Sentences

Organic strawberries from Harry’s Berries are given a light dusting of California-grown guajillo chile, a squeeze of Key lime and a sprinkle of Big Sur sea salt before being slowly dehydrated.

From Los Angeles Times

Business started slowly, but it ramped up once Beacon’s booze-free key lime margaritas and gin and tonics hit the shelves at major retailers such as BevMo and Total Wine & More.

From Los Angeles Times

So we decided to throw a slightly bigger affair with all of the ubiquitous touches, from a Champagne-and-Sausalito-cookie happy hour to a dessert bar with tiny strawberry-rhubarb cobblers and tequila Key lime pies.

From Slate

Like, say, making portals to different existences materialize from nothing or cranking out identical slices of key lime pie for no fathomable reason.

From Salon

A year later, Chicago's Spiteful Brewing put out a new imperial IPA with Key lime to start a "social commentary on ignorance."

From Salon