a. Bot. [f. L. tiliāce-us (f. tilia lime-tree) + -OUS: see -ACEOUS.] Belonging to the Natural Order Tiliaceæ, typified by the genus Tilia, the lime or linden tree.
1854. Guardian, 3 May, 8/6. So in India, another anciently civilised country, and where the manufacture has long been known, we have paper made from cotton, from the fibrous materials obtained from malvaceous and tiliaceous, as also from leguminous plants.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
Mod. Jute is obtained from species of the tiliaceous genus Corchorus.
