linden family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Tiliaceae, characterized by deciduous trees or shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, fibrous bark, fragrant flowers, and dry, woody fruit, and including the basswood, jute, and linden.

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Example Sentences

Tiliace�, til-i-ā′se-ē, n.pl. a natural order of exogenous trees and shrubs, mostly native to the tropics—the linden family.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Through the centre of some of the main streets a broad walk is constructed, lined on either side by trees of the linden family, and very ornamental.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray