tulip tree

tulip tree

n.

1. A tall, deciduous, eastern North American tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) having large, tuliplike green and orange flowers, aromatic twigs, and yellowish wood that is easily worked. Also called poplar.

2. See African tulip tree.

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tulip tree

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called tulip poplar yellow poplar a North American magnoliaceous forest tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, having tulip-shaped greenish-yellow flowers and long conelike fruits

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a similar and related Chinese tree, L. chinense

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other trees with tulip-shaped flowers, such as the magnolia

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tulip tree - tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, yellow poplar genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron - tulip trees true tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar, tulipwood, white poplar - light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary