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Definition of Tilia cordata
1. Noun. Large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves; often cultivated as an ornamental.
Generic synonyms: Basswood, Lime, Lime Tree, Linden, Linden Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilia Cordata
Literary usage of Tilia cordata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Flora of Japan: Notes on the Forest Flora of Japan by Charles Sprague Sargent (1894)
"In books it appears as Tilia cordata, var. ... but Tilia cordata is a synonym
for Tilia ulmifolia, a common European and north Asian species, so that unless ..."
2. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Gloucester by Thomas Rudge (1807)
"... and is thus described by Withering : " Var. 3. Leaves unequally serrated;
fruit cottony, cells 5. Tilia cordata, small leaved lime or linden tree, ..."
3. Forests, Woods and Trees in Relation to Hygiene by Augustine Henry (1852)
"... lime (Tilia platyphyllos), and the small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata), are
unsuitable for the centre of towns, as they do not thrive in smoke or drought. ..."
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