abarca/abarka/alpargata

[Rick Mc Callister]

>BAST, LIME etc.

>1. North Americans, Aussies etc. might take LIME as the citrus. They know the
>fragrant tree as LINDEN  is the usual term in USA/Canada.

[snip]

>3. The bastwood tree in the USA Midwest, lost the /t/ in sandhi; came out as
><basswood>.  In early summer, when the tree are putting out pollen, this is
>like cotton fibers, hence also the name <cottonwood tree>.

	Basswood where I grew up in Ohio was a type of linden that had
triangular or heart shaped leaves, soft wood, smooth bark and "helicopter"
seeds. Older people called all lindens "basswoods".
	Cottonwood was a completely different tree, although the shape of
the leaves was similar