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Definition of Linden family
1. Noun. Chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Malvales, Order Malvales
Member holonyms: Genus Tilia, Tilia, Entelea, Genus Entelea, Corchorus, Genus Corchorus, Genus Grewia, Grewia, Genus Sparmannia, Sparmannia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linden Family
Literary usage of Linden family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"linden family. Trees, shrubs or rarely herbs, with alternate (rarely opposite)
simple leaves, mostly small and deciduous stipules, and axillary or terminal ..."
2. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"linden family. / A family of about thirty-five genera and 245 species, widely
distributed in warm and tropical regions, a few in the temperate zone. ..."
3. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... linden family. Trees (rarely herbs) with the mucilaginous properties, fibrous
bark, valvate calyx, etc., as in the Mallow Family ; but sepals deciduous ..."
4. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"... stories were told of its power to work harm. It soon fell under the general
ban of disapproval and was carried away regretted by few. THE linden family. ..."
5. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"... linden family BASSWOOD, WHITE-WOOD, WHISTLE-WOOD, LIME OR LINDEN. americana) (Tilia
A tall forest tree 60 to 125 feet high; usually hollow when old. ..."
6. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... linden family. Trees (rarely herbs) with the mucilaginous properties, fibrous
bark, valvate calyx, etc., as in the Mallow Family; but sepals deciduous; ..."
7. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"E — linden family BASSWOOD, WHITE-WOOD, WHISTLE-WOOD, LIME OR LINDEN. americana) (TUa
A tall forest tree 60 to 125 feet high; usually hollow when old. ..."
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