Lime
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
Lime has several meanings:-----
- Lime (mineral) - a group of calcium compounds and minerals in which they predominate, including:
- Limestone
- Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive
- Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound
- Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound
- Lime (fruit) - a Citrus tree with a green fruit similar to a lemon, and the fruit of that tree.
- Australian lime - six small Citrus species native to Australia
- Kaffir lime - a Southeast Asian Citrus with very pungent leaves.
- Key lime - a lime oiginally from Asia but now commonly grown and consumed across North America.
- Persian lime - a lime sort with thick skin.
- Tilia - a genus of trees, known as "lime tree" in Britain and "linden tree" in North America.
- Lime (colour) - a yellowish green color, essentially the same as chartreuse.
- Lime (band) - a 1980s disco band.
- Lime (anime) - a term from anime and manga, a derivative of lemon (anime).
- Lime (Marionette) - a marionette from Saber Marionette J (anime)
- LIME (middleware) - a mobile middleware and model based on a version of the tuple space paradigm that takes into account the notion of mobility; LIME stands for "Linda in a Mobile Environment".
- Lyme disease - an infectious disease, caused by the Borrelia spirochete, a gram-negative microorganism.
