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Noun lime has 6 senses
- calcium hydroxide, lime, slaked lime, hydrated lime, calcium hydrate, caustic lime, lime hydrate - a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
--1 is a kind of hydroxide, hydrated oxide
- calcium oxide, quicklime, lime, calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime, burnt lime - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
--2 is a kind of oxide
--2 has substances: calcium, Ca, atomic number 20
- birdlime, lime - a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
--3 is a kind of adhesive material, adhesive
- lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia - any of various related trees bearing limes
--4 is a kind of citrus, citrus tree
--4 is a member of genus Citrus
--4 has parts: lime
- linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree - 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
--5 is a kind of tree
--5 is a member of Tilia, genus Tilia
--5 has substances: basswood, linden
--5 has particulars: | | American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana; small-leaved linden, small-leaved lime, Tilia cordata; white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla; Japanese linden, Japanese lime, Tilia japonica; silver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa |
- lime - the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
--6 is a kind of citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit
--6 is a part of lime, lime tree, Citrus aurantifolia
--6 has particulars: key lime
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