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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

basswood, lime tree, linden, lime

genus Tilia, Tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood

basswood, linden - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork

American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana - large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown

small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, Tilia cordata - large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental

Tilia heterophylla, white basswood, cottonwood - American basswood of the Allegheny region

Japanese lime, Japanese linden, Tilia japonica - medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental

silver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa - large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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References in classic literature

She lieth under the linden tree without the court."

During two years Conrad spent his days, from the early morning till the night, under the linden tree, mourning over the imaginary grave of his Catharina.

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He told how he had a rendezvous with a young woman before that pavilion, and how, not seeing her come, he had climbed the linden tree, and by the light of the lamp had seen the disorder of the chamber.

Through this window shone a mild light which silvered the foliage of two or three linden trees which formed a group outside the park.

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A squirrel climbed cautiously down from a linden tree. From the orchard came the murmur of many bees.

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Linden tree from Kopcany could be named European tree of the year

A new pedestrian bridge has been placed above Morava River

It was cut from the trunk of a linden tree by the US artist Brad Downey.

Sculpture of The US First Lady in Slovenia Stirs Controversy

The rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a pale blue dress like the one she wore at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.

Melania Trump depicted in wooden statue in native Slovenia

The Beavers are very worried: Linden Tree, Yakari's young and mischievous friend, has lost his appetite for--well, everything.

The Lake Monster

His obsession with her followed him until his eternal rest under the linden tree.

New generation of dancers try to acquire the old Ballet Philippines DNA

The plant on my windowsill is a cutting from a cutting of Sigmund Freud's linden tree at his house in Hampstead.

My kitchen Peter Gordon

He says the department is trying to find out whether humans did something to the bees with a pesticide or pollutant or whether there's something strange going on with the linden tree blossoms the pollinators had been feeding on.

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