WordNet
n. any of various related trees bearing limes [syn: lime, Citrus aurantifolia]
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, linden tree, basswood, lime]
Usage examples of "lime tree".
One antidote is citric acid, and it was a lucky thing that a lime tree was growing among the orchids.
The sun was warm enough to sit outside, and after falling asleep several times in a lawn chair near the dead key lime tree in the backyard, Scarpetta was infected by the guilt she always felt when dealing with her mother: The grass was so thick it almost did not give beneath Scarpetta's weight when she walked across it, heading inside.
Go you now to the lime tree, and bring me back a few small trinkets of gold, to trade for food and drink.
The casement windows were buckled, parts of the roof had fallen in, and from one corner grew a stunted lime tree, a lifelong prisoner of the tower.
It was too late to get back to Sir Ector's castle that night, or even to get back to the outlaw's camp by the lime tree.
He had to stand on tiptoe to look out over the boulevard, where a cab was waiting on the other side of the street, the horse shaking its harness and reaching up its neck to nibble at the branches of a lime tree.
Catching sight of the dish of cherries, he pretended to steal it, and carried it off to Sonya under the lime tree, where he sat down on her dolls.