n. The linden. See Linden. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A chemical substance (
n. [ Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind; akin to D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan. lind. Cf. Lime linden. ] (Bot.)
n. A genus of aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America.
n. A genus having only one species, the Texas star.
‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some Zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Lindia + -form. ] (Zool.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvæ. [ See Illust. under Larva. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator