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Tiliaceae

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Noun1.Tiliaceae - chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia
dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Malvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
genus Tilia, Tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
Entelea, genus Entelea - a genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand
genus Corchorus, Corchorus - widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia
genus Grewia, Grewia - a genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees
genus Sparmannia, Sparmannia - small genus of tropical African shrubs


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It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, family Tiliaceae.
Manuscripts of the following families: Apocynaceae, Bombacaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Escalloniaceae, Magnoliaceae, Meliaceae, Symplocaceae, Thymelacaceae, and Tiliaceae are currently being prepared/edited for publication in Volume 5 (targeted date of publication December 2003).
FAMILY NAMES Tilia americana of the family Tiliaceae COMMON NAMES Basswood, linden, American whitewood, American lime, American linn, limetree, beetree, wickup, yellow basswood HEIGHT/WEIGHT Average height is 65 feet, but trees can grow as tall as 140 feet with diameters of 2 to 2.
 
 
 
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