lime tree

DEFINITIONS OF: lime tree

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana
large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown; Tilia cordata, small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden
large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental; Tilia heterophylla, cottonwood, white basswood
American basswood of the Allegheny region; Japanese lime, Japanese linden, Tilia japonica
medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental; Tilia tomentosa, silver lime, silver linden
large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Type of:: tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Type of:: citrus, citrus tree
any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds

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