Lime-fruit+tree
11lime — [ laım ] noun * ▸ 1 fruit with green skin ▸ 2 white substance ▸ 3 lime green color ▸ 4 drink made from limes ▸ 5 linden tree 1. ) count or uncount a fruit with a hard green skin and sour juice that grows on a lime tree: a slice of lime 2. )… …
12lime — Ⅰ. lime [1] ► NOUN 1) quicklime, slaked lime, or any salt or alkali containing calcium. 2) archaic birdlime. ► VERB ▪ treat with lime. DERIVATIVES limy adjective …
13lime — lime1 [līm] n. [ME < OE līm, akin to Ger leim < IE base * (s)lei , SLIME, wet and sticky, to smooth over > Gr leios, smooth, L limus, slime, mud, linere, to smear, levis, smooth, OE lam, clay] 1. short for BIRDLIME 2. a white substance,… …
14Lime — Lime, n. [F. lime; of Persian origin. See {Lemon}.] 1. (Bot.) The fruit of the {Citrus aurantifolia}, allied to the lemon, but greener in color; also, the tree which bears it. Note: The term lime was formerly also applied to variants of the… …
15lime — I. /laɪm / (say luym) noun 1. the oxide of calcium, CaO, a white caustic solid (quicklime or unslaked lime) prepared by calcining limestone, etc., used in making mortar and cement. When treated with water it produces calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2,… …
16fruit farming — Introduction growing of fruit crops, including nuts, primarily for use as human food. The subject of fruit and nut production deals with intensive culture of perennial plants, the fruits of which have economic significance (a nut is a …
17lime — {{11}}lime (n.1) chalky mineral used in making mortar, from O.E. lim sticky substance, birdlime, mortar, cement, gluten, from P.Gmc. *leimaz (Cf. O.S., O.N., Dan. lim, Du. lijm, Ger. Leim birdlime ), from PIE root * (s)lei slime, slimy, sticky… …
18lime — I [[t]laɪm[/t]] n. v. limed, lim•ing 1) chem. a white or grayish white, lumpy, very slightly water soluble solid, CaO, used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium …
19lime — 1. CaO; an alkaline earth oxide occurring in grayish white masses (quicklime); on exposure to the atmosphere it becomes converted into calcium hydrate and calcium carbonate (air slaked l.); direct addition of …
20lime — lime1 noun 1》 quicklime, slaked lime, or any salt or alkali containing calcium. 2》 archaic birdlime. verb 1》 treat with lime. 2》 archaic catch (a bird) with birdlime. Derivatives limy adjective Origin OE līm, of Gmc origin; related to loam …
