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lime-trees

lime-trees is the plural of lime-tree.

Meaning of lime-tree

Noun

lime-tree (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.

Questions about lime-trees

What is lime-trees the plural of?
Lime-trees is the plural of lime-tree.

Words near lime-trees in the dictionary

  1. lime-kilns
  2. lime-plaster
  3. lime-stone
  4. lime-stones
  5. lime-tree
  6. lime-trees
  7. lime-twig
  8. lime-twigged
  9. lime-twigs
  10. limeaceous
  11. limeade

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