tiliaceous
English
Etymology
Tiliaceae + -ous, from Old English tilia (“linden tree”).
Adjective
tiliaceous (not comparable)
- (botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tiliaceous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)