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tiliaceous

tiliaceous adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.

Adjective

tiliaceous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.

Origin of tiliaceous

From translingual Tiliaceae + -ous, from Latin tilia (“linden tree”).

Questions about tiliaceous

What does tiliaceous mean?
Tiliaceous means of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden.
What part of speech is tiliaceous?
Tiliaceous is an adjective.

Words near tiliaceous in the dictionary

  1. Tilghman
  2. Tilghman Island
  3. Tilghmans
  4. tili
  5. tilia
  6. tiliaceous
  7. tiliamosine
  8. Tilian
  9. tilias
  10. tilidate
  11. tilidine

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