Meaning

1 senses
  1. Lime (tree)

More definitions
  • any of various related trees bearing limes
  • 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

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Cuyuchi is standing near the lime tree.

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  2. The children are playing under the lime tree.

    ruДети играют под лаймовым деревом.

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  3. This is a lime tree.

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  4. We escaped the heat by sitting in the shade of the tall lime trees outside the entrance to the city hall.

    deDer Hitze entflohen wir, indem wir uns in den Schatten der großen Linde setzten, die vor dem Eingang zum Rathaus steht.

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  5. We avoided the heat by sitting in the shade of the tall lime trees outside the entrance to the city hall.

    deDer Hitze entflohen wir, indem wir uns in den Schatten der großen Linde setzten, die vor dem Eingang zum Rathaus steht.

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Forms

plural: lime trees
Singularlime tree
Plurallime trees

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various related trees bearing limes:limeCitrus aurantifolia
  • 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:lindenlinden treebasswoodlime

See also

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