English > linden family: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions / regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia. |
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Synonyms | Tiliaceae, family Tiliaceae |
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Member of | Malvales, order Malvales | Malvaceae |
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Members | Corchorus, genus Corchorus | widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs |
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Entelea, genus Entelea | A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand |
Grewia, genus Grewia | A genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees |
Sparmannia, genus Sparmannia | small genus of tropical African shrubs |
Tilia, genus Tilia | deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia |
Broader | dilleniid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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Spanish | tiliáceas |
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Catalan | Tiliaceae, tiliàcies |
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