linden
/ˈlɪndən
/noun
Another term for the lime tree (lime3), especially in North America.Lime trees (formerly also called the linden of romantic legend, or the lin - the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus is named for the lime tree at his family…...
- Other mild sedative herbs are linden (lime flower) and lemon verbena.
Origin
Old English (as an adjective in the sense 'made of wood from the lime tree'): from lind 'lime tree' (compare with lime3) + -en3, reinforced by obsolete Dutch lindenboom and German Lindenbaum.
Rhymes
- Asansol
- Asante
- ASAP
- asarabacca
- as artful (or clever) as a wagonload (or cartload) of monkeys
- as a rule
- Asatru
- as Australian as meat pie
- as a whole
- ASB
- (as) bald as a coot
- asbestine
- as best one can (or may)
- asbestos
- asbestosis
- (as) black as soot
- (as) blind as a bat
- ASBO
- (as) bold as brass
- (as) bright as a button
- (as) brown as a berry
- index futures
- indexible
- indexical
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