Hypertext Webster Gateway: "basswood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Basswood \Bass"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The bass ({Tilia}) or its wood; especially, {T. Americana}.
See {Bass}, the lime tree.
All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished
very smoothly. --Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
basswood
n 1: soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used
in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
[syn: {linden}]
2: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia
heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of
yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable
timber [syn: {linden}, {linden tree}, {lime}, {lime tree}]
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