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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

/ ˈɪː /

noun

  1. the fortified boundary of the Roman Empire

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of limes1

1530–40; < Latin ī; limit
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of limes1

from Latin
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Her only distraction from constant anxiety is the lush garden she tends to daily, with mangoes, nopales, limes and a variety of herbs.

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A lot of citrus, like limes, pomelos, lemons.

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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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