tilleuln.
1. A lime or linden-tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees
linda700
bast treea1425
linnc1475
tilleul1530
pry1573
fir-beech1577
linden1577
teil1589
linden-tree1591
tillet1601
bass-wood1670
red lime1709
lime-tree1748
parakeet bur1866
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 281/1 Tylleull, a kynde of frute [error for tree], tilleul.
1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) III. xiv. 13 The gardens of orange trees; the avenues of tilleul; the groves of myrtle.
2. attributive.
a. Name of a shade of colour: a pale yellowish green like that of the leaves of the lime-tree.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > yellowish green
gaudy-greenc1400
gosling-colour1600
gosling-green1756
Pomona1833
chrysoprase1835
tilleul1884
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. May 371/2 A light tilleul ground, just the tint of lettuce, shot with white.
1909 Daily Chron. 26 June 4/5 Lady St. Germans..becomingly dressed in tilleul voile.
b. tilleul tea n. an infusion of lime-tree flowers, used as a remedy for headache, etc.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > for headache > infusion of plant
tilleul tea1908
1908 Daily Chron. 14 Nov. 4/4 Ordinary tea [has been replaced] by the bitter-tasted tilleul variety, which was first on show at an hotel in Paris.
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