lime tree

a linden or basswood.

Origin of lime tree

First recorded in 1615–25

Adhesions occasionally take place between the peduncle and the bracts or leaves of the plant, as in the lime-tree (fig. 7).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various
"Tell him he is wrong," sing the swarm of insects that buzz about the lime-tree.

The New Book Of Martyrs |Georges Duhamel
It was the melancholy note of a whippoorwill in the branches of a lime-tree in the garden.

The Bread-winners |John Hay
Nicola was sitting on the stone bench in the garden under the lime-tree, smoking a pipe of fragrant tobacco.

Roumanian Stories |Various

"There's a spring here, boys," he cried gleefully from the lime-tree hollow.

In Search of El Dorado |Alexander MacDonald