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basswood

noun
/ˈbæswʊd/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. compounded as basswood — “bass + wood”

Definitions

  1. Any of several trees of the genus Tilia

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

The neighborhood

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