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SMALL-LEAVED LIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does small-leaved lime mean?
• SMALL-LEAVED LIME (noun)
The noun SMALL-LEAVED LIME has 1 sense:
1. large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental
Familiarity information: SMALL-LEAVED LIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
small-leaved lime; small-leaved linden; Tilia cordata
Hypernyms ("small-leaved lime" is a kind of...):
basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden 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)
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