family Tiliaceae - chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia; Corchorus; Entelea; Grewia; Sparmanniagenus Tilia, Tilia - deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood genus Grewia, Grewia - a genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees |