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bass•wood
(bas′wŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany tree of the genus Tilia, esp. T. americana, the American linden, having drooping branches and large, toothed, ovate leaves.
- the wood of a linden.
- bass3 + wood1 1660–70, American.
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