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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tilia  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiliaceous  \Til`i*a"ceous\,  a.  [OE.  tilia  the  linden  tree.] 
  (Bot.) 
  Of  pertaining  to  or  resembling,  a  natural  order  of  plants 
  ({Tiliace[ae]})  of  which  the  linden  ({Tilia})  is  the  type 
  The  order  includes  many  plants  which  furnish  a  valuable 
  fiber,  as  the  jute. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Basswood  \Bass"wood`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  The  bass  ({Tilia})  or  its  wood;  especially,  {T.  Americana}. 
  See  {Bass},  the  lime  tree. 
 
  All  the  bowls  were  made  of  basswood,  White  and  polished 
  very  smoothly.  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tilia 
  n  :  deciduous  trees  with  smooth  usually  silver-gray  bark  of 
  North  America  and  Europe  and  Asia:  lime  trees;  lindens; 
  basswood  [syn:  {Tilia},  {genus  Tilia}] 




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