basswood

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basswood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Basswood \Bass"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
     The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, Tilia Americana
     . See Bass, the lime tree.
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           All the bowls were made of basswood,
           White and polished very smoothly.        --Longfellow.
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basswood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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: basswood, linden]
      2: 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 [syn:
         linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree]