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limy

[ lahy-mee ]

adjective

, lim·i·er, lim·i·est.
  1. consisting of, containing, or like lime.
  2. smeared with birdlime.


limy

1

/ ˈlaɪmɪ /

adjective

  1. of, like, or smeared with birdlime
  2. containing or characterized by the presence of lime
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


limy

2

/ ˈlaɪmɪ /

adjective

  1. of or tasting of lime (the fruit)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈliminess, noun
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Other Words From

  • limi·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of limy1

First recorded in 1545–55; lime 2 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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

Munson states that in cultivation it does well in any but very limy soils.

I furnish it with a heap of those limy incrustations wherewith certain springs in the neighborhood cover the dead clump of rushes.

Cinerea grows along streams mostly in limy soils, and is seldom found in very dry land.

Resistant to drought, vigorous, prolific; pistillate; adapted to limy and black soils of the South.

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