basswood

bass·wood  (bswd)

n.

1. See linden.

2. The soft, light-colored wood of any species of linden. It is used in making crates and boxes, in carving, and in millwork.

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[bass, linden bark (alteration of bast) + wood.]

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basswood [ˈbæsˌwʊd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several North American linden trees, esp Tilia americana Sometimes shortened to bass

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the soft light-coloured wood of any of these trees, used for furniture

[from bass³; see bast]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	basswood - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork linden 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 wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	basswood - 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 linden tree, lime tree, linden, lime genus Tilia, Tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood basswood, linden - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana - large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown small-leaved lime, small-leaved linden, Tilia cordata - large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental Tilia heterophylla, white basswood, cottonwood - American basswood of the Allegheny region Japanese lime, Japanese linden, Tilia japonica - medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental silver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa - large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms