lime tree
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is a 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 rindsbelongs to: genus citrus - orange; lemon; lime; etc.has: lime - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime treessame as: citrus aurantifolia, lime
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is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermssubtypes:
- american basswood, american lime, tilia americana - large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown
- small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, tilia cordata - large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental
- cottonwood, tilia heterophylla, white basswood - American basswood of the Allegheny region
- japanese lime, japanese linden, tilia japonica - medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental
- silver lime, silver linden, tilia tomentosa - large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
belongs to: genus tilia, tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
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