1. chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia; [syn: Tiliaceae, family Tiliaceae, linden family]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
linden family
n 1: chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions
of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia,
Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia [syn: Tiliaceae,
family Tiliaceae, linden family]