English > genus Tilia: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood. |
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Synonym | Tilia |
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Member of | Tiliaceae, family Tiliaceae, linden family | chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions / regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil |
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Members | linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree | Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers |
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Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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Spanish | genus tilia, tilia |
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Catalan | genus tilia, tilia, Tilia, Til·ler |
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