About The Word Tilia
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Tilia
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What's The Definition Of Tilia?
[n] deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tilia: genus Tilia Related Terms | Find terms related to Tilia: See Also | basswood | dilleniid dicot genus | family Tiliaceae | lime | lime tree | linden | linden family | linden tree | Tiliaceae Tilia In Webster's Dictionary \Til"i*a\, n. [L., linden. Cf. {Teil}.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family
{Tiliace[ae]}, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent
with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or
two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of
temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental
shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable
article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus.
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