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Definition of Tiliaceae
1. Noun. Chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Malvales, Order Malvales
Member holonyms: Genus Tilia, Tilia, Entelea, Genus Entelea, Corchorus, Genus Corchorus, Genus Grewia, Grewia, Genus Sparmannia, Sparmannia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiliaceae
Literary usage of Tiliaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... Tiliaceae (pp. 155-159). 3. STRUCTURE OF THE Axis. A composite and continuous
ring of ... Tiliaceae ..."
2. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"V. vulpina, L. (V. riparia, of Gray Manual in part.) River Grape. River banks;
common. Tiliaceae. LINDEN FAMILY TILIA. LINDEN T. Americana, L. Basswood. ..."
3. Manual of the Flora of Jackson County, Missouri by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, Benjamin Franklin Bush (1902)
"Tiliaceae Juss. Trees with alternate leaves and perfect flowers. Sepals and petals
five each, the latter imbricated in the bud. Stamens numerous. ..."
4. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Family Tiliaceae Genus CORCHORUS CORCHORUS OLITORIUS Linn. PASAU or JUTE.
A description of this species and its local names are given in the bulletin on ..."
5. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Silviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"Indeed, the affinities between these two families within the Malvales could be
regarded as greater than with the Tiliaceae (Maguire and Ashton in Maguire et ..."