basswood
Noun
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Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees;
Used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork (synset 112223848)is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of treessubstance meronym: basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree - 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 timbersame as: linden -
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 (synset 112223453)is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermssubtypes:- 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
- cottonwood, tilia heterophylla, white basswood - 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
belongs to: genus tilia, tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
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