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Linden vs Limewood - What's the difference?

linden | limewood |

As nouns the difference between linden and limewood

is that linden is any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia, having heart-shaped leaves while limewood is the wood of the lime (linden) tree.

As an adjective linden

is made of lime-wood.

As a proper noun Linden

is {{given name|unisex|lang=en}.

linden

English

(wikipedia linden) (Tilia)

Adjective

(-)
  • (obsolete) made of lime-wood

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia , having heart-shaped leaves.
  • The soft wood of such trees.

    • Synonyms

    * (tree) basswood, lime * (wood) basswood

    limewood

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The wood of the lime (linden) tree.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=June 13, author=Carol Vogel, title=Darkness Was Muse for a Master of Light, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But he would not publicly confirm his purchase of “Hercules and Achelous,” or another rarity that experts say he bought this year: a limewood figure of St. Catherine by the German Medieval sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider that went for $6.3 million at Sotheby’s in January. }}