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lin·den  (lndn)

n.

Any of various deciduous shade trees of the genus Tilia having heart-shaped leaves, drooping cymose clusters of yellowish, often fragrant flowers, and peduncles united into a large lingulate bract. Also called basswood, lime².

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[Middle English, made of linden wood, from Old English, from lind, linden.]

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linden

Noun

a large tree with heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellowish flowers See also lime³ [Old English linde lime tree]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	linden - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork basswood linden tree, basswood, lime tree, linden, 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 wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	linden - 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 linden tree, lime tree, basswood, 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