Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the order Tiliaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (
Tiliaceæ ) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The family includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Of, pertaining to, or resembling the
family Tiliaceae offlowering plants , including thelinden .
Etymologies
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Tiliaceae + -ous, from Old English tilia the linden tree.
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hernesheir commented on the word tiliaceous
Cf. tilaceous.
July 19, 2010