lime-tree

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English

Noun

lime-tree (plural lime-trees)

  1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250:
      His impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees.
  2. Any of various trees of the genus Citrus that bear limes.