LINDEN

linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree

(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

basswood, linden

(noun) soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

linden (not comparable)

(obsolete) Made of lime-wood.

Noun

linden (usually uncountable, plural lindens)

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.

The soft wood of such trees.

Synonyms

• (tree): basswood, lime

• (wood): basswood

Anagrams

• dinnle, linned

An English surname

A Scottish surname

A Dutch surname

A German surname

A unisex given name from surnames, or for the linden tree.

A city in New Jersey; named for linden trees brought to the area from Germany.

A neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio.

A town in Guyana the second-largest settlement in the country; named for Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, 2nd President of Guyana.

A town in Hesse, Germany.

A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa; named for founder Johannes van de Linde.

A city in Michigan.

A city, the county seat of Cass County, Texas.

A city, the county seat of Marengo County; named for the Battle of Hohenlinden in honor the Bonapartist refugees who were Marengo County Alabama's first European settlers.

A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

A town in Switzerland.

A town in Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

A town, the county seat of Perry County, Tennessee; named for "Hohenlinden", a poem by Scottish poet Thomas Campbell.

A town and village in Wisconsin.

A town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

A village in Alberta.

A town in Indiana.

A village in New South Wales.

A village in Netherlands.

A city in Iowa.

A town in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

A town in North Carolina.

A ghost town in Western Australia; named for nearby Mount Linden, itself named for a prospector in the area.

A community in Nova Scotia.

An unincorporated community in Arizona.

An unincorporated community in Idaho; named for the community in Christian County, Missouri.

An unincorporated community in Minnesota.

An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri; named for the linden trees in the area.

An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri; named for the town in Tennessee.

An unincorporated community in Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Wise County, West Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia; named for Confederate officer Charles Linden Broadus.

Anagrams

• dinnle, linned

Source: Wiktionary


Lin"den, n. Etym: [Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind; akin to D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan. lind. Cf. Lime linden.] (Bot.) (a) A handsome tree (Tilia Europæa), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe. (b) In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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