Til`i*a"ceous (?), a. [OE. tilia the linden tree.] Bot.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Tiliaceae) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.

 

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