文档介绍：Basswood, linden, lime-tree, 'pu tee shu' --what's in a name? by john Xasada Ti1 ia amerjcana- fo fmrsters, botanist^, anri ecc)log~sts around the world this &c name i conjures up the ue of a very ific rrce (Tilia in rcnrvoiry thc iwr~cr h#~k,fiow !: latin means linden tree so literally translated the scien- '~3' uebtcr "ark 'd'bfln'rr'od. It I int~rrlt~cs tvjsinn. the hark ii7a rhe I tific name means American linden). But what about Iulm and ltttatg if %vm "jbr i basswoc~d, linden, lime and pu tcc shu (Chincsc for lin- , ,,cE~ ,,, 7 yar inner bdlvk ' den)? Common names are often confusing and may bc will Iimma and slip cnsifyfrown different from one country tn another and even from tht* ~)wn" ~RTI:. Ht*vdr AH~~JSI- A c!ornp 1!/' that wfleprerfl$rdfiom sluwp onc regir~n of a country to anothcr. Often these corn- 1" zisu5da TFwEn'mstme brlz /w kns Item1 sonht~y rla ***@runis. mon names have no relationship to one another. I&~c jucgues. The commcm names for bxwuvd, howevcr, do seem to all have a theme. Here's the story for bass- ' wood as ncarly as 1 could determine. AL1 of the names refer to the rrees inrier i bark For many centuries, the inner bark has ken used in m