LIME
Definition of LIME
- (noun)a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- (noun)a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
- (noun)a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- (noun)any of various related trees bearing limes
- (noun)any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
- (noun)the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
- (verb)spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
- (verb)cover with lime so as to induce growth