lime

What does lime mean?

• noun

  any of various related trees bearing limes

• verb

  spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

• noun

  a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

• noun

  a caustic substance produced by heating limestone

• noun

  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

• noun

  a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

• verb

  cover with lime so as to induce growth

• noun

  the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

Anagrams of lime