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linden
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun linden has 2 senses
- linden(n = noun.plant) basswood - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork; Array is a kind of wood
- linden(n = noun.plant) basswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree - 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; Array is a member of genus tilia, tilia
has particulars: 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 lime, silver linden, tilia tomentosa
is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
linden, n. [Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind; akin to D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan. lind. Cf. Lime linden.].
A handsome tree (Tilia Europæa ), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
linden, n. a lime-tree.
Etymology
(orig. adj.) f. OE lind lime-tree: cf. LIME(3)
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