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noun soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork
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
originFrom bass (“fibrous inner bark”) + wood.
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