Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

Tiliaceae
     n : chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions
         of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia;
         Corchorus; Entelea; Grewia; Sparmannia [syn: {family
         Tiliaceae}, {linden family}]