limewood

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limewood

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From lime² (ultimately from Old English lind) + wood.

noun limewoods

UK, uncountable, usually The wood from the lime tree or linden tree. 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.
Similar: basswood, linden wood

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noun wood from a lime tree or linden tree

Français	bois de tilleul
Deutsch	Linde, Lindenholz

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@misc{limewood_2026,
  title = {limewood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/limewood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}