linden
A linden tree, Tilia platyphyllos
Meanings
Adjective
- Made of lime-wood.
Noun
- Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves.
- The soft wood of such trees.
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Origin
- From Middle English linden, from Old English linden, from Proto-Germanic *lindīnaz, from Proto-Germanic *lindō, equivalent to lind + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German linden, German Low German Linnenboom, West Frisian linenbeam, German linden. The English noun developed from the adjective.
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