limy
Origin of limy
1Other 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 HunterMunson states that in cultivation it does well in any but very limy soils.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickI 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 FabreCinerea grows along streams mostly in limy soils, and is seldom found in very dry land.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickResistant 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)
/ (ˈlaɪmɪ) /
of, like, or smeared with birdlime
containing or characterized by the presence of lime
Derived forms of limy
- liminess, noun
British Dictionary definitions for limy (2 of 2)
/ (ˈlaɪmɪ) /
of or tasting of lime (the fruit)
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