Tree member of the Tilia genus, itself member of the Malvaceae family, of quick growth, able to reach 30 or 40 m high, with a sturdy trunk, numerous ramifications, usually heart-shaped leaves, tiny fruits attached to a ribbon-like, greenish-yellow bract, 5-petaled 5-sepaled flowers, both the flower and the bract being used in medicinal tea.
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Sometimes the hallway draft whistled like the summer wind that danced the tilia trees.
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The call he'd got from Tilia setting up the meeting had been very sparse on detail.
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I had read about Tilia henryana, but had never met this modestly sized lime in the flesh.
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I loaded in all the information Tilia gave me; name, where you live, age, that kind of thing.
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"I might know someone who can fix passports for them," Tilia volunteered.
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"You didn't mention our passengers then?" Tilia said when the exchange was over.
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"You mean more than usual?" Tilia glared at the pilot.
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Many villagers in Tilia, about 350 km from the capital Bhubaneswar, were resettled there years ago to make way for the Hirakud dam.
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"They're not listed on our manifest," Tilia said.
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"We're suffering from glitches," Tilia said.