tilia

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tĭlĭa: ae, f.,
I the linden or lime-tree.
I Lit., Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65; Verg. G. 1, 173; 2, 449; 4, 183; Ov. M. 8, 620; 10, 92. —
II Transf., the inner bark of the linden, barkbands, Plin. 16, 14, 25, § 65; cf. of the elm: corticis interior tilia lepras sedat, id. 24, 8, 33, § 48.