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Basswood

noun

Soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork. Synonym: 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. Synonyms: lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree.

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"Basswood" Quotes from Famous Books

... throwing off his clothes as he ran, whooping with uncontrollable delight. Soon she could hear him splashing about in the water a short distance up the stream, and caught glimpses of his little shiny body and happy face. How cool that water looked! And the shadows there by the big basswood! How that water would cool her blistered feet! An impulse seized her, and she squeezed between the rails of the fence and stood in the road looking up and down to see that the way was clear. It was not a main-travelled road; no one was ...

— Main-Travelled Roads • Hamlin Garland

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