A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia ž europaea; the linden tree, or its wood, The fruit of the lime-tree, Any of various mineral and industrial forms of calcium oxide differing chiefly in water content and percentage of constituents such as magnesia, silica, alumina, and iron, adjective_ having a yellowish-green color like that of the lime (the fruit), transitive verb_ To smear with birdlime, To catch or snare with or as if with birdlime, To cement