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Definition of Family 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 Family Tiliaceae
Literary usage of Family Tiliaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"Contains 7 genera and about 120 species, which formerly constituted one or more
sections of the Linden Family (Tiliaceae), from which they may be ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The linden family (Tiliaceae). Example, the basswood or American linden (Tilia
americana.) The mallow family (Malvaceae), including the hollyhock, ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The linden family (Tiliaceae). Example, the basswood or American linden (Tilia
americana.) The mallow family (Malvaceae), including the hollyhock, ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"THE LINDEN The family Tiliaceae to which the Linden belongs comprises about 35
genera and upwards of 400 existing species. These are chiefly tropical, ..."
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