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[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/17/00 9:40:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ahrenshav at yahoo.com writes:

<< I do have to ask this ... why lime tree and not linden
 tree?  I thought that lime was "linde" and linden was
 "linden".   >>

Linden trees are often refered to as 'lime' trees. The only reason why that I 
can think of is because the fine-grained white wood does resemble chalk 
(e.g., lime). 

Ras