On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:32:08 +0100, "Brian" --- 'flayb' to respond said:

] The trees are generally called linden in North America, and lime in Britain.
] Both names are derived from the (A branch of the Indo-European family of
] languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups:
] Scandinavian and West Germanic) Germanic root lind. The modern forms in
] English derive from linde or linne in Anglo Saxon and old Norse, and in
] Britain the word morphed more recently to the modern British form lime. In
] the United States, the modern (A person of German nationality) German name
] linden, from the same root, became more common, partly to avoid confusion
] with any other uses of the name. Neither the name nor the tree is in any way
] related to the citrus fruit called " (The green acidic fruit of any of
] various lime trees) lime" (Citrus aurantifolia).

Thanks both for the clarification.

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