Japanese lime

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Noun1.Japanese lime - medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental
Japanese linden, Tilia japonica
linden tree, basswood, lime tree, linden, lime - 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
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American basswood is closely related to two other species - Tilia vulgaris, or lime, which grows in Europe and eastern Asia, and Tilia japonica, known as Japanese lime. The trees yield very similar wood, although the eastern lime tree's average weight is 34 pounds per cubic foot compared with American basswood at 26 pounds per cubic foot.
Basswood: a carver's dream species
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