Limewood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The wood from the lime tree or linden tree. UK, uncountable, usually

    "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."

Synonyms

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basswoodlinden wood

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"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."

Etymology

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

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