Meaning of TILIA
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| | Definition: | | [n] deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Tilia |
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| | See Also: | | basswood, dilleniid dicot genus, family Tiliaceae, lime, lime tree, linden, linden family, linden tree, Tiliaceae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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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