Lime-tree

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    Any of various trees of the genus Citrus that bear limes.

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

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