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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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