lime vs silver lime

silver lime vs lime

lime and silver lime both are nouns.

lime is a verb but silver lime is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lime	Yes	No	Yes	No
silver lime	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, silver lime is a hyponym of lime; that is, silver lime is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lime:

lime: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
silver lime: large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Other hyponyms of lime include American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana, small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, Tilia cordata, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla, white basswood, Japanese lime, Japanese linden, Tilia japonica, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa.

lime (noun)	silver lime (noun)
the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees	large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
any of various related trees bearing limes
any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

lime (verb)	silver lime (verb)
cover with lime so as to induce growth
spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

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