lime tree

Noun

Meaning

any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

any of various related trees bearing limes

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

lime-tree

Synonyms

linden lime basswood linden tree Citrus aurantifolia cottonwood fake counterfeit birdlime American basswood lemon tree herb tea linden oak limes American lime

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Antonyms

case

Hypernyms

plant citrus citrus tree

Hyponyms

cottonwood American basswood tilia tomentosa tilia heterophylla American lime silver lime

Examples

After the Pieter Vreedeplein reconstruction, plans were made to plant a descendant of the original lime tree. Source: Internet

A lime tree stands outside Pogner's house, an elder outside Sachs's. Source: Internet

He adopted the Latinate name Linnæus after a giant linden tree (or lime tree), lind main in Swedish, that grew on the family homestead. Source: Internet

The current one is just another lime tree. Source: Internet

This mostly happened when Henk Letschert was mayor of Tilburg. citation The Heuvel, one of the important squares, had its own lime tree until 27 April 1994, being chopped for a bicycle parking basement. Source: Internet

Holmes 1989 pp. 163–166 "Kubla Khan" was composed in the same year as This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, and both poems contained images that were used in the 14 October 1797 letter to Thelwall. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lime sulfur lime sulphur lime suspension lime twig lime water lime wood