linden
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1. 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 (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | silver lime, silver linden, tilia tomentosa, |
| definition | : | large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus tilia, tilia, |
| definition | : | deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | basswood, linden, |
| definition | : | soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork (noun.plant) |
2. soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | wood, |
| definition | : | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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