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| 1. | any tree of the genus Tilia, esp. T. americana, the American linden, having drooping branches and large, toothed, ovate leaves. |
| 2. | the wood of a linden. |
| bass·wood (bās'wŏŏd') n.
[bass, linden bark (alteration of bast) + wood1.] |
| lin·den (lĭn'dən) n. Any of various deciduous shade trees of the genus Tilia having heart-shaped leaves, drooping cymose clusters of yellowish, often fragrant flowers, and peduncles united into a large lingulate bract. Also called basswood, lime2. [Middle English, made of linden wood, from Old English, from lind, linden.] |