tiliaceous
English edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Tiliaceae + -ous, from Latin tilia (“linden tree”).
Adjective edit
tiliaceous (not comparable)
- (botany, obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.
References edit
- “tiliaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.