kaffir lime

kaffir lime

n. Offensive

See makrut lime. See Usage Note at kaffir.

---

[Probably from Kaffir (applied to Citrus hystrix for unknown reasons).]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

lima