Calcium compounds such as dolomite or hydrated lime that determine or alter soil pH level.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
lime (noun)1.
- birdlime
2.
a) a caustic highly infusible solid that consists of calcium oxide often together with magnesium oxide, that is obtained by calcining forms of calcium carbonate (as shells or ), and that is used in building (as in mortar and plaster) and in agriculture - limestone called also quicklime
b) a dry white powder consisting essentially of calcium hydroxide that is made by treating quicklime with water
c) - calcium carbonate of lime
transitive verb
1.
to smear with a sticky substance (as birdlime)
2.
to entangle with or as if with birdlime
3.
to treat or cover with lime - lime the lawn in the spring
of, relating to, or containing lime or - limestone
a linden tree , especially - linden
1.
the small globose yellowish green fruit of a widely cultivated spiny tropical Asian citrus tree () with a usually acid juicy pulp used as a flavoring agent and as a source of vitamin C - Citrus aurantifolia
2.
a tree that bears - limes
Lime (Wikipedia)
Lime most commonly refers to:
- Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
- Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
- Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
Lime may also refer to:
Lime (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪm/
- Rhymes: -aɪm
Etymology 1
From Middle English lyme, lym, lime, from Old English līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Liem (“glue”), Dutch lijm, German Leim (“glue”)
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