What Does the Lime 🍋‍🟩 Emoji Mean? Its Uses & Design, Explained

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Plus, which platforms support the 🍋‍🟩 emoji and how to get it

Co-authored by Bailey Cho Reviewed by Candace Gasper

Last Updated: November 27, 2024 Fact Checked

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🍋‍🟩 Emoji Meanings & Uses

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Which platforms support the 🍋‍🟩 emoji?

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How to Get the 🍋‍🟩 Emoji

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🍋‍🟩 Emoji Design

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Other Fruit Emojis

The 🍋‍🟩 emoji most often symbolizes a tart and tangy lime, but it can also represent summertime and the color lime green. In this article, we’ll teach you everything you need to know about the latest citrus emoji, including what it means and the best ways to use it. We’ve also provided a list of related emojis you can use to spice up your text messages!

The Lime 🍋‍🟩 Emoji at a Glance

The lime emoji usually represents a literal lime, but can also mean lime green.
It can also symbolize Mexican cuisine, food and drink in general, or summertime and tropical vibes.
The lime was approved in September 2023 as part of Emoji 15.1. On some platforms, it appears as a ZWJ sequence combining the 🍋 and 🟩 emojis.

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Lime 🍋‍🟩 Emoji Meanings & Uses

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Use the 🍋‍🟩 emoji to talk about a literal lime. In most cases, the meaning of this bright green emoji is pretty straightforward—it symbolizes the tart and zesty fruit used in foods and drinks. Use the 🍋‍🟩 emoji to replace the word “lime” or talk about any lime-flavored food or drinks.^{[1]
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- “The tropical punch could use some more 🍋‍🟩”
- “I love adding a squeeze of 🍋‍🟩 on top of my soup.”
- “The recipe calls for one teaspoon of lime zest 🍋‍🟩”
- “I love to freeze lime juice in ice trays and add them to my sparkling water 🍋‍🟩”
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Show your love of Mexican cuisine (or food and drink in general) with a 🍋‍🟩 emoji. Lime is a key ingredient in Mexican dishes because it adds brightness and acidity, without overpowering other flavors. Pair 🍋‍🟩 with the taco, burrito, or avocado emoji, depending on what you’re craving.
- “It’s Taco Tuesday! 🌮🍹🍋‍🟩”
- “Want to grab burritos later? 🌯🍋‍🟩”
- “UGH, I really want a margarita rn 🍋‍🟩”
- “I’m bringing chips and guac to the party 🥑🍋‍🟩😙”
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Use the 🍋‍🟩 emoji to represent summertime. Limes may be available year-round, but they’re definitely the best in the summer. Use the 🍋‍🟩 emoji to gush about your favorite tropical treats or excitement for warmer weather.^{[2]
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- “I can’t believe it’s summertime 🥥🌴🌺🍍🍋‍🟩”
- “I’m ready to relax on the beach with a daiquiri in my hand 🍋‍🟩🍹😎🏝”
- “My mom is making her signature key lime pie for the Fourth of July party 🍋‍🟩”
- “I’m so excited for our vacay! Let’s drink margaritas for 5 hours straight 🤭🏖️🍋‍🟩🍹”
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Talk about all things lime green with a 🍋‍🟩 emoji. Resting between yellow green and yellow in the color wheel, lime green is a bright green shade that resembles the skin of the citrus fruit. It represents nature, confidence, and energy, and is believed to promote feelings of liveliness, freshness, and creativity.^{[3]
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Research source} Drop the 🍋‍🟩 emoji the next time you have a painting project or are searching for something lime green.
- “I’m looking for a 🍋‍🟩 colored dress.”
- “Should I make the slides 🍋‍🟩 green?”
- “Can you highlight the text in lime green? 🍋‍🟩”
- “I’m thinking of adding lime accents to the drawers 🍋‍🟩 What do you think?”

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Which platforms support the lime 🍋‍🟩 emoji?

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Samsung, Google, and Apple support the 🍋‍🟩 lime emoji. It’s available on the latest Samsung devices (via One UI 6.0), Google’s Noto Emoji fonts (via Emoji 15.1), and iOS 17.4.^{[4]
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Research source} If you are unable to update your device’s software, you may not be able to view the lime emoji as a single emoji design.^{[5]
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- The 🍋‍🟩 emoji was approved in September 2023 as part of Emoji 15.1.

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How to Get the Lime 🍋‍🟩 Emoji

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Combine the lemon 🍋 and green square 🟩 emojis with a zero width joiner. Currently, the 🍋‍🟩 emoji has limited support across platforms, so you may not have easy access to it. On devices that don't support the emoji, it appears as a ZWJ sequence combining the 🍋 lemon emoji, zero width joiner, and 🟩 green square emoji.^{[6]
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- The ZWJ ("zwidge") is an invisible Unicode character that takes up no space. When placed between 2 emojis, it will combine them to form a new design.
- Create the ZWJ in HTML with codes &zwj or ‍ or U+200D in Unicode.
Highlight the 🍋‍🟩 emoji, right-click the mouse or trackpad, and hit “Copy.” Then, navigate to the space you want to paste the emoji, right-click the mouse or trackpad, and hit “Paste” to copy and paste the 🍋‍🟩 emoji on your computer.

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Lime 🍋‍🟩 Emoji Design

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The 🍋‍🟩 emoji depicts a lime slice with dark green skin and light green flesh. When the lime emoji design was first revealed in January 2023, it appeared as a whole lime, similar to the 🍊 tangerine and 🍋 lemon emojis.^{[7]
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Research source} It was ultimately changed into a sliced lime, probably because people tend to slice and squeeze limes for drinks or add them as a garnish instead of consuming the fruit whole.
- In the past, many users were annoyed and confused as to why the 🍋‍🟩 was excluded from the fruit emoji kingdom. There was a lot of public support for the emoji, including a change.org petition, so Apple finally decided to release it!

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Other Fruit Emojis

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The 🍋‍🟩 emoji is just one of many fruit emojis. From the cherry emoji to the watermelon emoji, there are tons of ways to share your love of fruit. Use any of the following emojis to spice up your texts or come up with your own secret message:
- 🍇 (grapes)
- 🍈 (melon)
- 🍉 (watermelon)
- 🍊 (tangerine)
- 🍋 (lemon)
- 🍌 (banana)
- 🍍 (pineapple)
- 🥭 (mango)
- 🍎 (red apple)
- 🍏 (green apple)
- 🍐 (pear)
- 🍑 (peach)
- 🍒 (cherries)
- 🍓 (strawberry)
- 🫐 (blueberries)
- 🥝 (kiwi fruit)
- 🥥 (coconut)