Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tilia \Til"i*a\, n. [L., linden. Cf. {Teil}.] (Bot.)
   A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family
   {Tiliace[ae]}, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent
   with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or
   two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of
   temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental
   shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable
   article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus.

Tiliaceous \Til`i*a"ceous\, a. [OE. tilia the linden tree.]
   (Bot.)
   Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants
   ({Tiliace[ae]}) of which the linden ({Tilia}) is the type.
   The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable
   fiber, as the jute.

Basswood \Bass"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   The bass ({Tilia}) or its wood; especially, {T. Americana}.
   See {Bass}, the lime tree.

         All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished
         very smoothly.                           --Longfellow.

Source : WordNet®

Tilia
     n : deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of
         North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens;
         basswood [syn: {genus Tilia}]