lime-tree
41citrus tree — noun 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 • Syn: ↑citrus • Derivationally related forms:… …
42linden tree — noun 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 • Syn: ↑linden, ↑basswood, ↑lime, ↑lime tree • Hypernyms: ↑tree •… …
43fruit tree — noun tree bearing edible fruit (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree, ↑avocado, ↑avocado tree …
44Spanish lime — noun 1. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp • Syn: ↑Spanish lime tree, ↑honey berry, ↑mamoncillo, ↑genip, ↑ginep, ↑Melicocca bijuga, ↑Melicocca bijugatus …
45Genip tree — Genip Gen ip, n., or Genip tree Genip tree 1. Any tree or shrub of the genus {Genipa}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree {Melicocca bijuga}, which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees {Exothea paniculata} and {E …
46American lime — noun large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown • Syn: ↑American basswood, ↑Tilia americana • Hypernyms: ↑linden, ↑linden tree, ↑basswood, ↑lime, ↑lime tree …
47Japanese lime — noun medium sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental • Syn: ↑Japanese linden, ↑Tilia japonica • Hypernyms: ↑linden, ↑linden tree, ↑basswood, ↑lime, ↑lime tree …
48silver lime — noun large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental • Syn: ↑silver linden, ↑Tilia tomentosa • Hypernyms: ↑linden, ↑linden tree, ↑basswood, ↑lime, ↑ …
49small-leaved lime — noun large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental • Syn: ↑small leaved linden, ↑Tilia cordata • Hypernyms: ↑linden, ↑linden tree, ↑basswood, ↑lime, ↑lime tree …
50Teil tree — The Easton s Bible Dictionary (1897) says that Teil tree is an old name for the linden tree, the tilia (also known as lime tree in the UK).The name was used in the King James Version of the Bible for the Hebrew word elah , a word that more modern …
