Key lime

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Key lime

After the Florida Keys

Example Sentences

This month, as an LTO in some stores, Taco Bell is selling Baja Blast Pie, a neon green Key lime pie for “a Friendsgiving flex,” it says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

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 • Sep. 24, 2023

Experts believe Key lime pie was developed in the late 1800s in Key West.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2023

I’m about to take a bite from a slice of Key lime pie at the Toothsome Chocolate Emporium when a host named Jacques stops by.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2023

She remembers a Cuban restaurant that made a Key lime pie she loved.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022