lime-tree

noun

A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.

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Meanings

nounlime-tree (plural lime-trees)

plural lime-trees

  1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.

    His impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250
  2. Any of various trees of the genus Citrus that bear limes.
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“lime-tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lime-tree. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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