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lime
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kaffir lime
an Asian citrus tree, Citrus hystrix, having green fruit with wrinkly skin and aromatic leaves that are used in Thai and Indonesian cookery. -
lime sulfur
a mixture of lime and sulfur that has been boiled in water: used in powdered form or in aqueous solution as an insecticide, a fungicide, and a sheep dip. -
slaked lime
another name for calcium hydroxide, esp when made by adding water to calcium oxide -
bleaching powder
a white powder with the odour of chlorine, consisting of chlorinated calcium hydroxide with an approximate formula CaCl(OCl).4H2O. It is used in solution as a bleaching agent and disinfectant -
burnt lime
calcium oxide; quicklime -
calc-
Of or pertaining to calcium or its compounds; a variant of calci-.