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the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees any of various related trees bearing limes cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn" a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds a caustic substance produced by heating limestone spread birdlime on branches to catch birds a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide 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 |
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