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basswood
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun basswood has 2 senses
- basswood(n = noun.plant) linden - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork; Array is a kind of wood
- basswood(n = noun.plant) lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree - any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber; Array is a member of genus tilia, tilia
has particulars: american basswood, american lime, tilia americana, small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, tilia cordata, cottonwood, tilia heterophylla, white basswood, japanese lime, japanese linden, tilia japonica, silver lime, silver linden, tilia tomentosa
is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
basswood, n.
The bass (Tilia ) or its wood; especially, Tilia Americana . See Bass, the lime tree. [1913 Webster]
"All the bowls were made of basswood,
White and polished very smoothly." [1913 Webster]
White and polished very smoothly." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
basswood, n.
1 the American lime, Tilia americana.
2 the wood of this tree.
1 the American lime, Tilia americana.
2 the wood of this tree.
Etymology
BASS(3) + WOOD
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