Borrelia burgdorferi Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
lime | the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees |
key lime | small yellow-green limes of southern Florida |
genip Spanish lime | round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp, eaten like grapes |
lime juice | usually freshly squeezed juice of limes |
linden linden tree basswood lime lime 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 |
American basswood American lime Tilia americana | large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown |
small-leaved linden small-leaved lime Tilia cordata | large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves, often cultivated as an ornamental |
Japanese linden Japanese lime Tilia japonica | medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental |
silver lime silver linden Tilia tomentosa | large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side, widely cultivated as an ornamental |
rangpur rangpur lime lemanderin Citrus limonia | hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel |
sweet lemon sweet lime Citrus limetta | lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp |
lime lime tree Citrus aurantifolia | any of various related trees bearing limes |
Spanish lime Spanish lime tree honey berry mamoncillo genip ginep Melicocca bijuga Melicocca bijugatus | tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp |
birdlime lime | a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds |
bleaching powder chlorinated lime chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and or disinfect |
calcium oxide quicklime lime calx calcined lime fluxing lime unslaked lime burnt lime | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
calcium hydroxide lime slaked lime hydrated lime calcium hydrate caustic lime lime hydrate | a caustic substance produced by heating limestone |
soda lime | a mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides, absorbs liquids and gases |
lime | cover with lime so as to induce growth, lime the lawn |
birdlime lime | spread birdlime on branches to catch birds |
deficient lacking(p) wanting(p) | inadequate in amount or degree, a deficient education, deficient in common sense, lacking in stamina, tested and found wanting |
deficient inferior substandard | falling short of some prescribed norm, substandard housing |
insufficient deficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement, insufficient funds |