| NOUN | plant | tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera | tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera | |
| Member of | Liriodendron, genus Liriodendron | tulip trees |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
| Substances | tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree |
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