limes

/'laimi:z/

📖 中文释义

变形 s3原形 lime

📘 English Definition（英文释义）

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