key lime

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   small yellow-green limes of southern Florida

   Broaderlime

Questions about key lime

What does key lime mean?

key lime means "small yellow-green limes of southern Florida".

Is key lime a common word?

key lime is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.