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TILIA TOMENTOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tilia tomentosa mean? 

TILIA TOMENTOSA (noun)
  The noun TILIA TOMENTOSA has 1 sense:

1. large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamentalplay

  Familiarity information: TILIA TOMENTOSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TILIA TOMENTOSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

silver lime; silver linden; Tilia tomentosa

Hypernyms ("Tilia tomentosa" is a kind of...):

basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber)


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