american lime

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   large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown

   SynonymsAmerican basswoodTilia americana

   Broaderlinden

Questions about american lime

What does american lime mean?

american lime means "large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown".

What is another word for american lime?

Close synonyms include American basswood, Tilia americana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american lime a common word?

american lime is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.