In message , Emery Davis
writes
I think so. For reasons that are obscure to me the British refer to
the French Tillieul as 'Lime'. I've always called it Linden. 'Lime'
has nothing to do with the citrus. Perhaps a Brit could explain it.

As I understand it, lime and linden are both developments (lind line
lime) from the same Germanic root. Linden is archaic in British English.
The use of lime for both Tilia and Citrus aurantifolia is coincidence;
the latter usage is apparently borrowed from Arabic.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley
http://www.malvaceae.info/Index/Vern...hp?genus=Tilia