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Lima
City (metro. area pop., 1993: 5,706,000), capital of Peru, located inland from the Pacific port of Callao, near the Andes. Its nickname, El Pulpo ("The Octopus"), refers to its sprawling metropolitan area of 1,506 sq mi (3,900 sq km). It was founded by F. Pizarro in 1535 on the feast of the Epiphany, prompting the name Ciudad de los Reyes ("City of Kings"), but the name never took. It later became the capital of the new viceroyalty of Peru. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1746 but was rebuilt. Growing rapidly during the 20th cent., it now accounts for about one-third of Peru's total population, and is the country's economic and cultural center. Historic sites include the cathedral (begun in the 16th cent.), and the National Univ. of San Marcos (founded 1551).
lime
Small shrublike tree (Citrus aurantifolia) widely grown in tropical and subtropical areas, and its edible acid fruits. Stiff branches and twigs leave the thorny stem at irregular intervals, and end in green leaves. Clusters of small white flowers produce small oval fruits with a thin, pale greenish-yellow rind. The juicy pulp is more acidic and sweet than that of the lemon. Limes are used to flavor many foods. High in vitamin C, they were formerly used in the British Navy to prevent scurvy; hence the nickname "Limey" for British sailors.
Inorganic compound, white or grayish lumps, chemical formula CaO, made by roasting limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO3) until all the carbon dioxide (CO2) is driven off. One of the four most important basic chemical commodities, it is used as a refractory, as a flux in steel manufacture, as a CO2 absorbent, to remove sulfur dioxide from stack gases, to neutralize various acids, in pulp and paper, in insecticides and fungicides, in poultry feeds, for dehairing of hides, in sugar refining, in sewage treatment, and in the manufacture of glass, calcium carbide, and sodium carbonate. Adding water to lime yields calcium hydroxide (slaked lime, calcium hydrate, hydrated lime, or caustic lime), which has uses in mortar, plasters, cements, whitewash, hide dehairing, ammonia recovery, water softening, sugar purification, petrochemicals, poultry feeds, and foods and as a soil conditioner, disinfectant, accelerator in rubber compounds, and source of other calcium salts.
Small shrublike tree (Citrus aurantifolia) widely grown in tropical and subtropical areas, and its edible acid fruits. Stiff branches and twigs leave the thorny stem at irregular intervals, and end in green leaves. Clusters of small white flowers produce small oval fruits with a thin, pale greenish-yellow rind. The juicy pulp is more acidic and sweet than that of the lemon. Limes are used to flavor many foods. High in vitamin C, they were formerly used in the British Navy to prevent scurvy; hence the nickname "Limey" for British sailors.
Inorganic compound, white or grayish lumps, chemical formula CaO, made by roasting limestone (calcium ...
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