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Meaning of TILIA

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
 

TILIA is a 5 letter word that starts with T.

 

 Synonyms: genus Tilia
 
 See Also: basswood, dilleniid dicot genus, family Tiliaceae, lime, lime tree, linden, linden family, linden tree, Tiliaceae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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