NOUN | plant | tulipwood | the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees |
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plant | tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree |
Meaning | The variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees. | |
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Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Substance of | tulipwood tree | Any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood |
Spanish | tulipero | |
Catalan | tuliper |
Meaning | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer. | |
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Synonyms | true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar | |
Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Substance of | 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 |
Spanish | pobo | |
Catalan | àlber blanc |
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