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A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree..
His impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees.
Use lime-tree when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lime-tree means A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree..
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His impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees.
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