limy

[ lahy-mee ]

adjective,lim·i·er, lim·i·est.
  1. consisting of, containing, or like lime.

  2. smeared with birdlime.

Origin of limy

1
First recorded in 1545–55; lime2 + -y1

Other words from limy

  • lim·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby limy

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How to use limy in a sentence

  • They show their distant relationship to birds in that their large eggs are incased in a leathery, limy shell.

    A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
  • Munson states that in cultivation it does well in any but very limy soils.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • I furnish it with a heap of those limy incrustations wherewith certain springs in the neighborhood cover the dead clump of rushes.

    The Life of the Fly | J. Henri Fabre
  • Cinerea grows along streams mostly in limy soils, and is seldom found in very dry land.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • Resistant to drought, vigorous, prolific; pistillate; adapted to limy and black soils of the South.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick

British Dictionary definitions for limy (1 of 2)

limy1

/ (ˈlaɪmɪ) /


adjectivelimier or limiest
  1. of, like, or smeared with birdlime

  2. containing or characterized by the presence of lime

Derived forms of limy

  • liminess, noun

British Dictionary definitions for limy (2 of 2)

limy2

/ (ˈlaɪmɪ) /


adjectivelimier or limiest
  1. of or tasting of lime (the fruit)

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