small-leaved lime

1. 1.

   large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental

   Synonymssmall-leaved lindenTilia cordata

   Broaderlinden

Questions about small-leaved lime

What does small-leaved lime mean?

small-leaved lime means "large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental".

What is another word for small-leaved lime?

Close synonyms include small-leaved linden, Tilia cordata. 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 small-leaved lime a common word?

small-leaved 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.