basswood Definition

any of several New World lindens; especially : linden

the straight-grained soft white wood of a basswood

any of a genus (Tilia of the family Tiliaceae, the linden family) of deciduous trees of temperate regions that have cordate leaves and a winglike bract attached to the peduncle of the flower and fruit and that are often planted as ornamental and shade trees: such as

a commonly cultivated European tree (T. europaea synonym T. vulgaris) much used for ornamental planting

a tree (T. americana) chiefly of the central and eastern U.S. —called also basswood