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linden
(lɪndən)
Word forms: plural lindens
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A linden or a linden tree is a large tree with pale green leaves which is often planted in parks in towns and cities.
linden in British English
(ˈlɪndən)
noun
any of various tiliaceous deciduous trees of the N temperate genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves and small fragrant yellowish flowers: cultivated for timber and as shade trees
See also lime3, basswoodWord origin
C16: n use of obsolete adj linden, from Old English linde lime treelinden in American English
(ˈlɪndən)
noun
1.
basswood
adjective
2.
designating a family (Tiliaceae) of chiefly tropical, dicotyledonous trees (order Malvales), including the jutes
Word origin
ME, adj. < OE < lind, linden, akin to Ger linde: popularized as n. via Ger linden, pl. of linde: prob. < IE base *lento-, flexible, yielding > litheImage oflinden
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British English: linden NOUN
A linden or a linden tree is a large tree with pale green leaves which is often planted in parks in towns and cities.
- American English: linden
- Brazilian Portuguese: tília
- Chinese: 椴树
- European Spanish: tilo
- French: tilleul
- German: Linde
- Italian: tiglio
- Japanese: 菩提樹
- Korean: 린덴
- European Portuguese: tília
- Latin American Spanish: tilo
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- right-hand side
- right-hand woman
- right heart
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- right honourable
- righties
- right in the middle
- rightish
- rightism
- rightist
- right-justify
- right, left, and centre
- rightless
- rightly
- right-minded
- right-mindedly
- right-mindedness
- rightmost
- rightness