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limes

[ lahy-mees ]

noun

plural limites
  1. a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
  2. (initial capital letter) Siegfried Line.
  3. an ancient Roman frontier fortification.


limes

/ ˈ±ô²¹Éª³¾¾±Ë³ú /

noun

  1. the fortified boundary of the Roman Empire
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of limes1

1530–40; < Latin ±ôÄ«³¾±ð²õ; limit
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of limes1

from Latin
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He went from standard citrus, apricot and avocado to a more exotic collection, adding finger limes, valentine pummelos, jaboticaba, cherimoya and pawpaw.

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I also have an olive oil from Puglia that has lemons and limes in it, it's not just a flavored oil and I had a case of it in Puglia so I keep that there.

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My wife and I grow the basics — massive Bearss lemons, Persian and Mexican limes, a kumquat bush that right now is so brimming with thumb-size orange jewels that it looks like a traffic cone.

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In the dense warren of stalls, the best-looking produce is displayed prominently: ripe bananas, glistening limes and orderly rows of broccoli and asparagus.

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It’s the side of him that picks up a basket of kumquats and limes and distributes them, one by one, into a paper bag for me to take home.

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