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tilia |
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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