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TILIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood

Synonyms:

genus Tilia; Tilia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Tilia" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Tilia"):

basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber)

Holonyms ("Tilia" is a member of...):

family Tiliaceae; linden family; Tiliaceae (chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia)

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