Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tilia"
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) 1.7 (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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