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English noun: linden

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


Synonymsbasswood


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymbasswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree

2. linden (plant) 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


Synonymsbasswood, lime, lime tree, linden tree


Broader (hypernym)tree


Narrower (hyponym)American basswood, American lime, cottonwood, Japanese lime, Japanese linden, silver lime, silver linden, small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, Tilia americana, Tilia cordata, Tilia heterophylla, Tilia japonica, Tilia tomentosa, white basswood


Member meronymgenus Tilia, Tilia


Substance holonymbasswood, linden









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