What is "tilia americana"

Linden \Lin"den\ (l[i^]n"den), n. [Orig. an adj. from lind linden tree, AS. lind; akin to D. & G. linde, OHG. linta, Icel., Sw., & Dan. lind. Cf. Lime linden.] (Bot.)

1. A handsome tree ( Tilia Europ[ae]a), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.

2. In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.

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.

Tilia americana is a species of Tilia native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, and southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to Cherry County, Nebraska. Common names include American basswood and American linden.