Early in the morning, lime butterflies fluttered among the citrus trees, their wings catching the light.

A lime butterfly landed on the citrus tree, where its caterpillars had already eaten most of the new leaves.

The safety sheet warned that aged soda-lime, a mixture of caustic soda and quicklime, could generate heat if wetted.

When making traditional pickles, I always add a small amount of pickling lime to the brine to keep the cucumbers crisp.

She peeled the sweet lime carefully and added its juice to the salad.

The designer arranged lime greens alongside navy blues to create a striking contrast.

She offered me a sweet Spanish lime from the market, its green shell giving way to juicy orange flesh.

After squeezing limes for hours on the patio, she developed lime disease, a painful phototoxic rash caused when furanocoumarins in lime juice are activated by ultraviolet light.

He wore a lime green jacket to the interview to stand out.

She painted the fence in lime green to stand out against the garden.