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Spanish lime — noun 1. tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp • Syn: ↑Spanish lime tree, ↑honey berry, ↑mamoncillo, ↑genip, ↑ginep, ↑Melicocca bijuga, ↑Melicocca bijugatus … Useful english dictionary
Spanish lime — n. guinep, tropical American tree that bears fruit; sweet juicy lime fruit of the guinep … English contemporary dictionary
Spanish lime — genip (def. 2). * * * ▪ tree (Melicoccus bijugus), tree, of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae), native to the West Indies. It grows to about 15 metres (50 feet). The flowers are small, greenish white, and fragrant. The green fruit is a… … Universalium
Lime (fruit) — For other uses, see Lime (disambiguation). Unripened Key limes Lime is a term referring to a number of different citrus fruits, both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, and containing … Wikipedia
Lime — NOTOC Lime may refer to:Fruits*Lime (fruit), various green to yellow citrus fruits **Australian lime **Blood lime **Kaffir lime **Key lime **Persian lime **Spanish lime **Sweet lime **Wild lime *Lime tree, a common name for members of the genus… … Wikipedia
fruit tree — noun tree bearing edible fruit (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree, ↑avocado, ↑avocado tree … Useful english dictionary
Genip tree — Genip Gen ip, n., or Genip tree Genip tree 1. Any tree or shrub of the genus {Genipa}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree {Melicocca bijuga}, which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees {Exothea paniculata} and {E … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lime — I. /laɪm / (say luym) noun 1. the oxide of calcium, CaO, a white caustic solid (quicklime or unslaked lime) prepared by calcining limestone, etc., used in making mortar and cement. When treated with water it produces calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2,… …
Spanish curlew — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lime — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līm; akin to Old High German līm birdlime, Latin limus mud, slime, and perhaps to Latin linere to smear Date: before 12th century 1. birdlime 2. a. a caustic highly infusible solid that consists … New Collegiate Dictionary
