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basswood
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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.

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

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]
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Noun1.basswoodbasswood - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
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.basswoodbasswood - 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
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


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Towering maples and basswoods arch overhead, forming a natural cathedral.
As the tree density increases because of fire suppression--from 10 to 40 oaks per acre in savanna to 200 or more oaks, maples, and basswoods per acre in the protected woods--hardly any light reaches the soil.
But, she explains, where the conditions for forest development are optimum--the rain abundant, the weather warm--the forest is characterized by a mix of dominant trees: tuliptrees, beech, white oak, black oak, four different basswoods, sugar maple, buckeye, hemlock, among others.
 
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