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lima.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
lima.
Principal English Translation: 

lemon or lime
(a Spanish loanword)

Attestations from sources in English: 

chicuacen limas tepostli [S. Francisco Analcotitlan (Jalisco?), 1652]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 8.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking