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Definition of Small-leaved linden
1. Noun. Large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental.
Generic synonyms: Basswood, Lime, Lime Tree, Linden, Linden Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small-leaved Linden
Literary usage of Small-leaved linden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ornamental Gardening for Americans: A Treatise on Beautifying Homes, Rural by Elias A. Long (1899)
"The Broad-leaved Linden (var. platyphylla), with massive leaves ; the Small-leaved
Linden (var. microphylla) with leaves quite the reverse of the last as to ..."
2. Familiar Trees by George Simonds Boulger (1907)
"... the last two centuries as to be familiar to most people, only two of them,
the small-leaved linden, T. corda'ta Mill., and the Large- leaved Linden, ..."
3. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on Planting and Tending of Forest Trees by James Brown (1894)
"Both the large-leaved and the small-leaved Linden require a good deep soil, upon
which they make much the same demands as the Beech. ..."
4. Forestry; a journal of forest and estate management by Francis George Heath, 1843-1913 ed (1883)
"The small-leaved linden (Tilia, parvifolia) occurs in our woods from Yorkshire
southwards, and is also wild in Siberia and throughout Europe, ..."
5. Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork by J. R. Harvey, Thomas C. Power, John D. Humphreys (1845)
"63. TILIA, Linn. LINDEN OR LIME. 136.* T. parvifolia, Ehrh. small-leaved linden.
At Douglas, Coolmore, and in lawns.—rather common. 135. ..."
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