| NOUN | plant | yellow poplar, tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree |
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| plant | yellow poplar, tulip tree, tulip poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera | tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit |
| Meaning | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer. | |
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| Synonyms | tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white 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 | |
| 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 tree, tulip 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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