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    LINDEN

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 timberplay

    Synonyms:

    basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("linden" is a kind of...):

    tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

    Meronyms (substance of "linden"):

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

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "linden"):

    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)

    cottonwood; Tilia heterophylla; white basswood (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)

    Holonyms ("linden" is a member of...):

    genus Tilia; Tilia (deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millworkplay

    Synonyms:

    basswood; linden

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("linden" is a kind of...):

    wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

    Holonyms ("linden" is a substance of...):

    basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree (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)

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