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Webster 1913 Edition

Basswood

Bass′woodˊ

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

The bass (

Tilia

) or its wood; especially,

Tilia Americana

. See

, the lime tree.

All the bowls were made of

basswood

,
White and polished very smoothly.

Longfellow.

Definition 2024

basswood

basswood

English

Noun

basswood ‎(plural basswoods)

(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.

Translations

linden

Bulgarian: американска липа
Finnish: lehmus (fi)
German: Linde (de) f
Greek: φλαμουριά (el) f ‎(flamouriá), φλαμούρι (el) n ‎(flamoúri)
Irish: teileog Mheiriceá f

Polish: lipa (pl) f
Romanian: tei (ro) m
Russian: американская ли́па (ru) f ‎(amerikanskaja lípa)
Spanish: tilo (es) m