lime-tree
71Ogeechee lime — O*gee chee lime [So named from the Ogeechee River in Georgia.] (Bot.) (a) The acid, olive shaped, drupaceous fruit of a species of tupelo ({Nyssa capitata}) which grows in swamps in Georgia and Florida. (b) The tree which bears this fruit. [1913… …
72bird|lime — «BURD LYM», noun, verb, limed, lim|ing. –n. a sticky substance smeared on twigs to catch small birds that light on it. It is often made from the inner bark of holly or from the juice of the banyan tree. –v.t. to smear or catch with or as if with… …
73Milk tree — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… …
74plum tree — Plum Plum, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?. Cf. {Prune} a dried plum.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus domestica}, and of several other species of {Prunus}; also, the tree itself, usually… …
75lemon tree — noun a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑lemon, ↑Citrus limon • Hypernyms: ↑citrus, ↑citrus tree • Hyponyms: ↑sweet le …
76The Leopard from Lime Street — was a story appearing regularly in Buster comic from 27 March 1976 to 18 May 1985 (whereupon it was repeated in colour). It was drawn in realistic comic style, much like Marvel Comics s Spider Man story (to which it bears numerous similarities),… …
77Spanish lime — n. guinep, tropical American tree that bears fruit; sweet juicy lime fruit of the guinep …
78bird-lime — birdˈ lime noun 1. A sticky substance put on tree branches to catch birds 2. See also ↑bird (n) above • • • Main Entry: ↑bird …
79Spanish lime — genip (def. 2). * * * ▪ tree (Melicoccus bijugus), tree, of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), native to the West Indies. It grows to about 15 metres (50 feet). The flowers are small, greenish white, and fragrant. The green fruit is a… …
80sweet lime — noun lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp • Syn: ↑sweet lemon, ↑Citrus limetta • Hypernyms: ↑lemon, ↑lemon tree, ↑Citrus limon, ↑genus Citrus …
