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lime tree

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noun

  1. a linden or basswood.

Etymology

Origin of lime tree

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

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The site of the Lower Cross, at the eastern end, is marked by a Lime tree planted in 1742. 

From The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book Revised Edition, 1890 by Gladstone, William Henry

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