lime
1. 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 tree
• Hypernyms:
tree
• Hyponyms:
American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana, small-leaved linden, small-leaved lime,
Tilia cordata, white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla, Japanese linden, Japanese lime,
Tilia japonica, silver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa
• Member Holonyms:
Tilia, genus Tilia
• Substance Meronyms:
basswood, linden
2. a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
• Syn:
birdlime
• Derivationally related forms:
birdlime (for: birdlime)
• Hypernyms:
adhesive material, adhesive agent, adhesive
3. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
• Syn:
calcium oxide, quicklime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime,
unslaked lime, burnt lime
• Hypernyms:
oxide
• Substance Meronyms:
calcium, Ca, atomic number 20
4. any of various related trees bearing limes
• Syn:
lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
• Hypernyms:
citrus, citrus tree
• Member Holonyms:
genus Citrus
5. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
• Syn:
calcium hydroxide, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate
• Hypernyms:
hydroxide, hydrated oxide
6. the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
• Hypernyms:
citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit
• Hyponyms:
key lime
• Part Holonyms:
lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
1. spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
• Syn:
birdlime
• Derivationally related forms:
birdlime (for: birdlime)
• Hypernyms:
spread, scatter, spread out
• Verb Frames:
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2. cover with lime so as to induce growth
- lime the lawn
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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