Spanish lime

Related to Spanish lime: mamoncillo, Spanish lime tree, genips, guineps

Spanish lime

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Noun	1.	Spanish lime - tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp genip, ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime tree genip, Spanish lime - round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit genus Melicocca, genus Melicoccus, Melicocca, Melicoccus - tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
	2.	Spanish lime - round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp; eaten like grapes genip edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh genip, ginep, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus, Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree - tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp

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Nevertheless, he is optimistic about the future of Spanish lime production because "the fruit can be harvested, packed and on the way to the market within 72 hours without the need for any postharvest treatments, "which makes it ideal for juicing and chimes perfectly with European consumption habits".

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