basswood

English

Etymology

From bass (“fibrous inner bark”) +‎ wood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæswʊd/

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Noun

basswood (plural basswoods)

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

Translations

linden tree

• 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

wood from a linden tree

• French: bois de tilleul m
• German: Linde (de) f, Lindenholz (de) n

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