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basswood /ˈbaswʊd /nounA North American lime tree with large leaves, commonly planted as a street tree in the US.- Tilia americana, family Tiliaceae.
Except for a few looming hemlocks, the forest is mostly hardwoods, and the light streams through the thinning tops of the taller oaks and basswoods....- Walnut trees can also grow in small groups or as scattered specimens mixed with American elm, hackberry, boxelder, sugar maple, green and white ash, basswood, red oak, and hickory.
- In contrast, a bee-pollinated basswood can flower a month or more after the leaf buds have opened, when bee populations peak in late summer.
OriginLate 17th century: from bass3 + wood. |