basswood Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
    linden.
  2. noun 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
    linden; linden tree; lime tree; lime.

WordNet

Bass"wood` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.
    All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.

Webster 1913