Tilia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tilia \Til"i*a\, n. [L., linden. Cf. {Teil}.] (Bot.)
     A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family
     {Tiliaceae}, 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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Tilia
       n : deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of
           North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens;
           basswood [syn: {genus Tilia}]