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LIME TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Synonyms:

basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lime tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "lime tree"):

basswood; linden (soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lime tree"):

American basswood; American lime; Tilia americana (large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown)

small-leaved lime; small-leaved linden; Tilia cordata (large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental)

cottonwood; Tilia heterophylla; white basswood (American basswood of the Allegheny region)

Japanese lime; Japanese linden; Tilia japonica (medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental)

silver lime; silver linden; Tilia tomentosa (large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("lime tree" is a member of...):

genus Tilia; Tilia (deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various related trees bearing limes

Synonyms:

Citrus aurantifolia; lime; lime tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lime tree" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "lime tree"):

lime (the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees)

Holonyms ("lime tree" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

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