South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood. 南美的一种常绿木,生产温特树皮和一种轻软木材,略象椴木。
Exhibit: American hardwood lumber and floorings. Species include Red Oak, White Oak, Ash, Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Hickory, Cherry, Basswood, Beech, Birch, Curly Soft Maple, Butternut, White Pine, etc. 展品:北美硬木板材,地板等。品种包括红橡,白橡,水曲柳,硬枫,软枫,山核桃木,樱桃木,椴木,山毛榉,桦木,波纹软枫,白胡桃,白松木等。
basswood
[ noun ]
soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
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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
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Basswood \Bass"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The bass ({Tilia}) or its wood; especially, {Tilia Americana}. See {Bass}, the lime tree.
All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. --Longfellow.
The sharp steel edges of Barth's chisels bite into blocks of basswood and tupelo and find song birds, predators and game birds that possess an air of movement.