Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various deciduous shade trees of the genus Tilia of the mallow family, having heart-shaped leaves and clusters of yellowish fragrant flowers that hang from a leaflike bract.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the linden.
- noun A tree of the genus Tilia; the limetree. The common European linden is T. Europæa. An oil, used by perfumers, is distilled from its flowers. The American linden is T. Americana, and is also called basswood, bee-tree, etc.
- noun A shield made of linden-wood; any shield: a modern use, translating the Anglo-Saxon lind, used poetically for a shield. See
shield .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A handsome tree (
Tilia Europæa ), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe. - noun In America, the basswood, or
Tilia Americana .
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- adjective obsolete made of
lime -wood - noun Any of various
deciduous trees of thegenus Tilia , havingheart -shaped leaves . - noun The soft
wood of such trees.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name linden is quite common with us, and it will be well for you to remember that it is also called lime, so that when you go to Europe you will know what is meant by _lime_ and
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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And yet the name linden was writ large on those trees, -- on the beautiful gray bark, the alternate method of twig arrangement, the fat red winter buds, which shone in the sunshine like rubies, and especially on the little cymes of pendulous, pea-like fruit, each cyme attached to its membranaceous bract or wing.
Some Winter Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905
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Gluttonous Maximus - soft pretzel cheesesteak the crew eats the "linden" - a soft pretzel cheesesteak at the pop shop in collingswood nj.
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Gluttonous Maximus - soft pretzel cheesesteak the crew eats the "linden" - a soft pretzel cheesesteak at the pop shop in collingswood nj.
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Lime blossom, also known as linden blossom or tilleul in French, is a source of tea and monofloral honey.
Proust Revisited: Madeleines and Lime Blossom Tea Michelle Krell Kydd 2009
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The southern linden, which is found along the coast is a small and rare tree.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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Linden labs has created a virtual second life money system called linden dollars.
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According to MS Outlook, the email address of "hal lewis" my mistake for saying "linden" in the first post: hal lewis hlewis26@cox.net
Rabett Run EliRabett 2009
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This is enriched with herbs such as linden, granadilla, poppy and chamomile, which have a calming effect and help the horse to regain concentration.
unknown title 2009
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As i'm writing this i'm also forwarding the article to my representative in german gouvenrment, since phil "linden" is not only insulting people here, but whole countries as well. wrote:
lampbane commented on the word linden
The unit of currency for the virtual world of Second Life (also called the Linden dollar).
September 7, 2008
bilby commented on the word linden
All within and all without me
Feel a melancholy thrill;
And the darkness hangs about me,
Oh, how still;
To my feet, the river glideth
Through the shadow, sullen, dark;
On the stream the white moon rideth,
Like a barque—
And the linden leans above me,
Till I think some things there be
In the dreary world that love me,
Even me!
- Thomas Buchanan Read, 'Some Things Love Me'.
March 23, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word linden
As I was walking home, I felt compelled to cup my hands around a low-hanging linden branch and breathe in its blossoms. When I started walking away, I heard a man behind me say, "Is that what that scent is?" He had some blossoms in his hand.
"Yup. Linden."
"Oh, linden. It has a great grain for woodworking." Then he told me that there were a couple of other names for it. I thought maybe he'd tell me some variation of liepa, which is what I call it when I'm shopping for linden-blossom tea, but instead he called it basswood and lime.
"There's a joke about it, too," he said. "What's the difference between linden, basswood, and lime?"
"I dunno. What?"
"The price. The fancier it sounds, the more they charge."
June 4, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word linden
Te de tilo. Tilia.
June 4, 2010