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English
Etymology
From lime² (ultimately from Old English lind) + wood.
Noun
limewood (usually uncountable, plural limewoods)
- (UK) The wood from the lime tree or linden tree.
- Synonyms: basswood, linden wood
2008 June 13, Carol Vogel, “Darkness Was Muse for a Master of Light”, in New York Times: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.
Translations
wood from a lime tree or linden tree
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