DCHP-1 Online

bass

• n. the North American lime or linden tree, Tilia americana.

  See also: basswood  

  • 1783  (1905)  . . . the woods in general are maple, bass, hickory, ash, elm. . . .
  • 1858  (1923)  He observed that the cedars . . . became less numerous, and were succeeded by bass and soft maple.