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Noun basswood has 2 senses
  1. basswood, linden - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
    --1 is a kind of wood
    --1 is a substance of linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree
  2. linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime 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 timber
    --2 is a kind of tree
    --2 is a member of Tilia, genus Tilia
    --2 has substances: basswood, linden
    --2 has particulars:
     American basswood, American lime, Tilia americana; small-leaved linden, small-leaved lime, Tilia cordata; white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla; Japanese linden, Japanese lime, Tilia japonica; silver lime, silver linden, Tilia tomentosa
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