linden family

1. 1.

   chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia

   SynonymsTiliaceaefamily Tiliaceae

   Broaderdilleniid dicot family

   Part ofMalvales

Questions about linden family

What does linden family mean?

linden family means "chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia".

What is another word for linden family?

Close synonyms include Tiliaceae, family Tiliaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is linden family a common word?

linden family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.