american basswood

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   large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown

   SynonymsAmerican limeTilia americana

   Broaderlinden

Questions about american basswood

What does american basswood mean?

american basswood means "large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown".

What is another word for american basswood?

Close synonyms include American lime, Tilia americana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american basswood a common word?

american basswood is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.