Lime-fruit+tree

  • 21lime — 1. n. & v. n. 1 (in full quicklime) a white caustic alkaline substance (calcium oxide) obtained by heating limestone and used for making mortar or as a fertilizer or bleach etc. 2 = BIRDLIME. v.tr. 1 treat (wood, skins, land, etc.) with lime. 2… …

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  • 22lime — Citron Cit ron (s[i^]t r[u^]n), n. [F. citron, LL. citro, fr. L. citrus citron tree (cf. citreum, sc. malum, a citron), from Gr. ki tron citron] 1. (Bot) A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic; it is produced by the… …

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  • 23lime — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līm; akin to Old High German līm birdlime, Latin limus mud, slime, and perhaps to Latin linere to smear Date: before 12th century 1. birdlime 2. a. a caustic highly infusible solid that consists …

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  • 24Fruit Gems — Sunkist Fruit Gems are quarter sized pectin candies.They are a soft round candy made from confectionary sugar with fruit flavors. Fruit Gems are made by Jelly Belly, which purchased prior manufacturer, The Ben Myerson Candy Company, under license …

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  • 25lime */ — UK [laɪm] / US noun Word forms lime : singular lime plural limes 1) [countable/uncountable] a fruit with a hard green skin and sour juice that grows on a lime tree a slice of lime 2) [uncountable] a white substance used for making cement and for… …

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  • 26lime — [[t]la͟ɪm[/t]] limes 1) N VAR A lime is a green fruit that tastes like a lemon. Limes grow on trees in tropical countries. ...peeled slices of lime... Oranges, lemons and limes were found to cure scurvy... Add a few drops of lime juice. 2) N… …

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  • 27fruit processing — Introduction       preparation of fruit for human consumption.  Fruit is sometimes defined as the product of growth from an angiosperm, or flowering plant. From a purely botanical point of view, the fruit may be only the fleshy growth that arises …

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  • 28lime — lime1 [laım] n [Sense: 1,4; Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Provençal limo, from Arabic lim] [Sense: 2; Origin: Old English lind] [Sense: 3; Origin: Old English lim] 1.) a small juicy gr …

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  • 29lime — 1 noun 1 (C) a small juicy green fruit with a sour taste, or the tree this grows on 2 (C) a tree with pleasant smelling yellow flowers; linden 3 (U) a white substance obtained by burning limestone, used for making cement, marking sports fields… …

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  • 30Key lime — Tree ripened key lime. Color is bright yellow, unlike the more common green Persian limes. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …

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