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linden family
lin′den fam`ily n. a family, Tiliaceae, of trees, shrubs, or herbaceous plants, with simple leaves, fibrous bark, fragrant flowers, and dry woody fruit: includes the basswood, jute, and linden. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | linden family - chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmanniafamily Tiliaceae, Tiliaceaedilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsMalvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceaegenus Tilia, Tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswoodEntelea, genus Entelea - a genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealandgenus Corchorus, Corchorus - widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asiagenus Grewia, Grewia - a genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or treesgenus Sparmannia, Sparmannia - small genus of tropical African shrubs | EncyclopediaSeeTiliaceaelinden family
Synonyms for linden familynoun chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and BrazilSynonyms- family Tiliaceae
- Tiliaceae
Related Words- dilleniid dicot family
- Malvales
- order Malvales
- genus Tilia
- Tilia
- Entelea
- genus Entelea
- genus Corchorus
- Corchorus
- genus Grewia
- Grewia
- genus Sparmannia
- Sparmannia
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