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Liriodendron tulipifera
(gcide) | Liriodendron \Lir`i*o*den"dron\
(l[i^]r`[i^]*[-o]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n.; pl. Liriodendra
(-dr[.a]). [NL., fr. Gr. lei`rion lily + de`ndron tree.]
(Bot.)
A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America,
having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike
flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood.
Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but
there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.
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Liriodendron tulipifera
(gcide) | Tulip \Tu"lip\ (t[=u]"l[i^]p), n. [F. tulipe, OF. also tulipan,
It. tulipano, tulipa, from Turk. tulbend, dulbend, literally,
a turban, Per. dulband; -- so called from the resemblance of
the form of this flower to a turban. See Turban.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the liliaceous genus Tulipa. Many varieties
are cultivated for their beautiful, often variegated flowers.
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Tulip tree.
(a) A large American tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) of the
magnolia family (Magnoliaceae) bearing tuliplike
flowers. See Liriodendron.
(b) A West Indian malvaceous tree (Paritium tiliaceum syn.
Hibiscus tiliaceum).
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Liriodendron tulipifera
(gcide) | Whitewood \White"wood`\, n.
The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree
(Liriodendron tulipifera). It is much used in cabinetwork,
carriage building, etc.
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Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called
whitewood in various countries, as the wood of
Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of
Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc.
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Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.
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liriodendron tulipifera
(wn) | Liriodendron tulipifera
n 1: 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
[syn: tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar,
canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera] |
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