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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 ornamentalplay

  Familiarity information: SMALL-LEAVED LIME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SMALL-LEAVED LIME (noun)


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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