lime-tree

English

Noun

lime-tree (plural lime-trees)

1. A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250:

     His impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees.

2. Any of various trees of the genus Citrus that bear limes.