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Key lime
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Key lime
n.
1. A lime indigenous to the Florida Keys, having a yellow rind and yellowish-green fruit.
2. A yellowish green.
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Noun1.key lime - small yellow-green limes of southern Florida
lime - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees


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The pie is named after the small Key limes that are found throughout the Florida Keys.
The fresh, authentic notes of Citreatt Expressed Key Lime 4164 enable perfumers and flavourists to capture the true character of Key limes.
It had an appropriate pale-yellow color (ripe key limes are yellow rather than green, and a green key lime pie has been fatally flawed with food coloring).
 
 
 
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