English > linden tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| 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 timber. |
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| Synonyms | linden, basswood, lime, lime tree |
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| Member of | Tilia, genus Tilia | deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia |
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| Narrower | American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana | large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown |
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| Japanese linden, Japanese lime, 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 |
| small-leaved linden, small-leaved lime, Tilia cordata | large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves |
| white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla | American basswood of the Allegheny region |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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| Substances | basswood, linden | Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees |
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| Spanish | tilo |
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| Catalan | tell, til·ler |
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