|  linden 
 
 1. soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees;
 used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork (Freq. 1)
 • Syn:
 basswood
 • Hypernyms:
 wood
 • Substance Holonyms:
 linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree
 2. 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
 • Syn:
 linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree
 • Hypernyms:
 tree
 • Hyponyms:
 American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana, small-leaved linden, small-leaved lime,
 Tilia cordata, white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla, Japanese linden, Japanese lime,
 Tilia japonica, silver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa
 • Member Holonyms:
 Tilia, genus Tilia
 • Substance Meronyms:
 basswood
 
 
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